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 *****SWAAG_ID***** 176
 Date Entered 21/04/2011
 Updated on 05/01/2012
 Recorded by Ric Carter
 Category Burial Mounds and Cairns
 Record Type Archaeology
 Site Access Public Access Land
 Record Date 08/04/2011
 Location Calver Hill (South) Reeth
 Civil Parish Reeth
 Brit. National Grid NZ 00939 00072
 Altitude 403m
 Geology  Limestone overlaid by peat
 Record Name Round Cairn
 Record Description A vegetated Round Cairn, of probable funerary purpose, on gently sloping south-facing ground below Calver Hill
 Dimensions perimeter approx 30m.
 Additional Notes Situated approx. 30m from a spring rise, and with other small cairns in the vicinity, a burnt mound and a double round house settlement.For further details of these see Coaxial Field Systems in Swaledale - A Reassessment; T.C.Laurie, N.W.Mahaffy & R.F.White (SWAAG Publications);figure 6.
 Image 1 ID 582         Click image to enlarge
 Image 1 Description Calver Hill (South) Round Cairn
 
 
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