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| *****SWAAG_ID***** | 114 |
| Date Entered | 27/01/2011 |
| Updated on | 01/05/2012 |
| Recorded by | Tim Laurie |
| Category | Burial Mounds and Cairns |
| Record Type | Archaeology |
| Site Access | Private |
| Record Date | 26/01/2011 |
| Location | In Pasture at edge of River Terrace. South of Gun Ing Lane |
| Civil Parish | Muker |
| Brit. National Grid | Hidden |
| Altitude | 440m |
| Geology | River terrace |
| Record Name | Possible round barrow south of Gun Ing lane |
| Record Description | Large regular mound which may be a round barrow located on a river terrace south of the River Swale. This mound could however be a small drumlin.
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| Dimensions | 20m diameter and 3m high. Estimated. |
| Additional Notes | There are several mounds in Swaledale located at the edge of river terraces and on the edge of Kame terraces at higher elevation. Whether these mounds are barrow mounds is problematic.
Other examples include the regular mound of similar proportions on the south side of the R.Swale by the roadside at Haverdale House, the regular mound situated 700m below Scabba Wath Bridge, the scheduled Barrow mound below Swale Hall west of Grinton and the barrow on the edge of the kame terrace at m OD, west of Maiden Castle
This mound is unsurveyed and unrecorded.
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| Image 1 ID | 194 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 2 ID | 195 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 3 ID | 196 Click image to enlarge |
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