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Swaledale and Arkengarthdale Archaeology Group
Registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation Number 1155775

SWAAG Honorary President:
Tim Laurie F,S,A,

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***SWAAG_ID***	5
Date Entered	09/01/2011
Updated on	02/02/2012
Recorded by	Tim Laurie
Category	Burnt Mound
Record Type	Archaeology
Site Access	Public Access Land
Location	East of Scargill Low Moor Plantation.
Civil Parish	Scargill
Brit. National Grid	NZ 02014 10592
Altitude	260m
Geology
Record Name	Scargill Low Moor. Very large isolated Burnt Mound south of Plantation.
Record Description	Very large site,22m8m1.5m high heather covered. Other burnt mounds have been recognised on Scargill Moor as follows: SCA.BM01-4: One Burnt mound at Sealey Spring, 3No Burnt mounds at NZ023098
Dimensions	Extra Large, high.
Additional Notes	This heather covered burnt mound overlooks a wide shallow valley wit a meandering stream which today is rarely visited except by keeper and shepherd. It is now the haunt of grazing and nesting wild geese and surely was afine hunting ground in prehistory.