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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
 SWAAG Site Name 
 Site Type 
 Site Name 
 Site Description 
 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,22m*8m*1.5m 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.
 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 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.
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