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Registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation Number 1155775
SWAAG Honorary President:
Tim Laurie F,S,A,

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 *****SWAAG_ID***** 337
 Date Entered 18/11/2011
 Updated on 18/11/2011
 Recorded by Tim Laurie
 Category Mining Related
 Record Type Mining
 SWAAG Site Name 
 Site Type 
 Site Name 
 Site Description 
 Site Access Public Access Land
 Record Date 17/11/2011
 Location Arn Gill
 Civil Parish Muker
 Brit. National Grid SD 91044 99269
 Altitude 324m
 Geology Talus Slope.
 Record Name Elling Hearth or Chopwood Kiln
 Record Description One of the best preserved elling hearths or chopwood kilns yet recorded. This surviving structure can be compared directly to the example excavated by Tom Gledhill in Ivelet Wood. This elling hearth is of characteristic plan, with the kiln surviving as undisturbed dry stone walling to a height of a metre. A small stone walled bund is recessed into the slope adjacent and there is a level working platform in front. A small track leads upward towards the small Mine Shop below the Adelaide Level but is highly eroded at the stream.
 Dimensions See Photographs.
 Geographical area 
 Species 
 Scientific Name 
 Common / Notable Species 
 Tree and / or Stem Girth 
 Tree: Position / Form / Status 
 Tree Site ID 0
 Associated Site SWAAG ID 0
 Additional Notes 
 Image 1 ID 1301         Click image to enlarge
 Image 1 Description The chopwood kiln from the front.
 Image 2 ID 1302         Click image to enlarge
 Image 2 Description Small bund and the kiln with working platform.
 Image 3 ID 1303         Click image to enlarge
 Image 3 Description The kiln
 Image 4 ID 1304         Click image to enlarge
 Image 4 Description The working platform and kiln
 Image 5 ID 1305         Click image to enlarge
 Image 5 Description The working platform
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