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***SWAAG_ID***	152
Date Entered	07/03/2011
Updated on	07/03/2011
Recorded by	Ric Carter
Category	Ring Cairns
Record Type	Archaeology
Site Access	Public Access Land
Record Date	17/02/2011
Location	Ellerton Moor
Civil Parish	Ellerton Abbey
Brit. National Grid	Hidden
Altitude	362m
Geology	At the head of a small peat infilled ice margin channel
Record Name	Ellerton Moor Ring Cairn
Record Description	An Early/Middle Bronze Age embanked stone circle or Ring Cairn, of circular plan,with sandstone kerbs and banking well defined where moorland heather burned off and with an internal circular depression (approx. 2m diameter)abutting the banking to the North and where there is the suggestion of an entrance way.The site on gently rising ground with outlook over Swaledale to the North West but restricted in other directions by higher ground close to the site.
Dimensions	External dia. 8.3m; internal 5.3m to 6m; banking 30cm high max.
Additional Notes	This Ring Cairn feature should not be regarded in isolation but rather in the context of other recorded (but un-excavated) features on Ellerton Moor which include a number of small cairns, burnt mounds and field systems.Similar Ring Cairn features previously excavated have been found to contain cremated human remains interred within typical collared and decorated clay urns. For example see "The Harden Moor Ring Cairn: An account of the excavations 1958-60,1983-4" publ.K. Boughey June 2010. Also see SWAAG data records (T.C.Laurie) Nos.150 (Harker Mires Cairnfield type settlement) and 151 (Harker Mires Ring Cairn).
Image 1 ID	402 Click image to enlarge
Image 1 Description	Ellerton Moor Ring Cairn