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 *****SWAAG_ID***** 144
 Date Entered 26/02/2011
 Updated on 17/01/2015
 Recorded by Tim Laurie
 Category Burnt Mound
 Record Type Archaeology
 Site Access Private
 Record Date 01/01/2005
 Location Teesdale. Hunderthwaite CP. Howgill Head.
 Civil Parish Not known
 Brit. National Grid NY 952 205
 Altitude 355m
 Record Name Four burnt mounds at Howgill Head.
 Record Description This record is for a group of four burnt mounds located at springs and small streams in wet pastures at Howgill Head. The interest in these burnt mounds is enhanced by the presence of a number of cup marked and cup and ring marked rocks in the pastures some 400m to the south of the burnt mounds.
NY 952 205 centre
 Dimensions One large , two medium and one small burnt mound.
 Image 2 ID 357         Click image to enlarge
 Image 2 Description Rock art site south of the burnt mounds at Howgill Head
 Image 3 ID 358         Click image to enlarge
 Image 3 Description Howgill Head. Rock art site to the south of the four burnt mounds in these wet pastures.
 Image 4 ID 359         Click image to enlarge
 Image 4 Description Howgill Head. Four burnt mounds in these wet pastures.
 
 
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