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Date Entered
09/01/2011
Updated on
02/02/2012
Recorded by
Tim Laurie
Category
Burnt Mound
Record Type
Archaeology
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.
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.
