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***SWAAG_ID***	128
Date Entered	18/02/2011
Updated on	17/06/2017
Recorded by	Tim Laurie
Category	Burnt Mound
Record Type	Archaeology
Site Access	Army Range
Record Date	29/12/2008
Location	Bellerby CP. Bellerby Moor Ranges.Whipperdale Bank.
Civil Parish	Not known
Brit. National Grid	SE 08405 93377
Altitude	310m
Geology	Calcareous tufa-forming spring line below Main Limestone.
Record Name	Bellerby Moor Ranges.Whipperdale Bank. Burnt mound Site 1. (1 of 6 burnt mounds in this vicinity).
Record Description	Medium sized crescentic burnt mound 7m5m.5m high located at doline like depression with calcareous, tufa forming springs. Much visible burnt stone. See ï¿½Introduction to Burnt Moundsï¿½ for the general characteristics, distribution, chronology and context of burnt mounds. This is the larger of three burnt mounds at this spring line.
Dimensions	7m5m.5m high
Additional Notes	1 of 6 burnt mounds in this general vicinity, two of which are close by. This area of Bellerby Ranges is of high archaeological and geomorphological interest being on the spring line of oncolite rich calcareous, tufa forming springs. This group of six burnt mounds should be discussed in context with the general distribution of the ninety or so burnt mounds recognised at high level springs around Wensleydale. See Laurie 1003,2004. The roads to the Preston Moor Lead and Coal mines pass across Whipperdale Bank, these are visible as a wide swath of braided trackways, visible as hollow ways on rising ground.
Image 1 ID	294 Click image to enlarge
Image 1 Description	Burnt mound at Whipperdale Bank on the Bellerby Army Range.
Image 2 ID	295 Click image to enlarge
Image 2 Description	Burnt mound at Whipperdale Bank on the Bellerby Army Range. Note floodwater marking the doline like depression in mid picture.
Image 3 ID	296 Click image to enlarge
Image 3 Description	Oncolite rich stream below springs on Bellerby Moor Army Ranges.