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 *****SWAAG_ID***** 188
 Date Entered 15/05/2011
 Updated on 15/05/2011
 Recorded by Tim Laurie
 Category Settlement
 Record Type Archaeology
 Site Access Army Range
 Record Date 26/03/2007
 Location Dicky Edge West. Within Feldom Army Ranges.
 Civil Parish Marske
 Brit. National Grid Hidden
 Altitude 325m
 Geology Kame terrace below Richmond Cherts.
 Record Name Unenclosed round house settlement below Dicky Edge (West).
 Record Description Group of at least four conjoined round house enclosures (hut circles) with slight remains of associated field system and two burnt mounds (recorded seperately) on moorland above Throstle Gill.
 Dimensions See photographs.
 Additional Notes This unenclosed settlement is located just 250m SW of the two burnt mounds above the westward extension of Dicky Edge (recorded seperately) and may be associated with these sites. All the above features,ie the round house settlement, field system and the two burnt mounds, should be collectively considered as one settlement complex which is likely to be of Mid Bronze Age date.
 Image 1 ID 647         Click image to enlarge
 Image 1 Description Round house settlement below Dicky Edge West.
 Image 2 ID 648         Click image to enlarge
 Image 2 Description Round house settlement below Dicky Edge West.
 Image 3 ID 649         Click image to enlarge
 Image 3 Description Round house settlement below Dicky Edge West.
 Image 4 ID 650         Click image to enlarge
 Image 4 Description Reeth museum Friends walk to Dicky Edge. March 2007.
 
 
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