Multisensor UAS research at the Medieval site of ‘t Huijs ten Bosch, Weesp

Years: 2022

Supervision: Jitte Waagen

Execution and research: Jitte Waagen, Tijm Lanjouw, Mikko Kriek, Markus Stoffer

Project description: The drone remote sensing operations were initially commissioned by Monumenten en Archeologie of the Gemeente Amsterdam, by archaeologist Dr. Ranjith Jayasena. The site under investigation is the Medieval castle ‘t Huijs ten Bosch, built after 1220 and destroyed in 1672, still visible as earthworks and cropmarks as a rectangular structure. The project entails an investigation into both the application and comparative value of innovative sensor techniques for prospection purposes as well as nature, extent, and state of preservation of the site itself (KNA Protocol 4003 Inventariserend Veldonderzoek 4.1: verkennend, karterend, waarderend veldonderzoek).

Publications:

Waagen, J. (2023). 4DRL Report Series 4 - In search of a castle: Multisensor UAS research at the Medieval site of ‘t Huijs ten Bosch, Weesp. University of Amsterdam / Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. Journal contribution. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.23375486.v2

’t Huijs ten Bosch near Weesp, Atlas Schoemaker, 1710 1735. Source: Noord-Hollands Archief.
’t Huijs ten Bosch near Weesp, Atlas Schoemaker, 1710 1735. Source: Noord-Hollands Archief.
Thermal mosaic from castle site at Huys ten Bosch, Weesp, June 2022.
Thermal mosaic from castle site at Huys ten Bosch, Weesp, June 2022.