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Recordist's notes
bamburgh ossuary ... dpa 4060s clipped to bag to zoom h5 ... the ossuary in is in the crypt of the church ... and sound and media display ... an ossuary is a chest ... box ... building ... well ... site ... as the final resting place of skeletal remains ... these were the remains of bodies buried in the dunes close to the castle ... some 1600 years ago ... they were removed and placed in the crypt ...
Context
This recording was made away from larger towns, about 49 km from the nearest city in our gazetteer.
Equipment mentioned: Zoom H5 and DPA microphones. A modular handheld recorder with interchangeable microphone capsules.
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Sources & credits
- “The Grove, Bamburgh NE69 7BN, UK - bamburgh ossuary ...” by david m – CC BY 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0