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 *****SWAAG_ID***** 622
 Date Entered 20/10/2012
 Updated on 22/10/2012
 Recorded by Tim Laurie
 Category Burnt Mound
 Record Type Archaeology
 Site Access Private
 Record Date 01/01/2005
 Location Askrigg Pasture, High Straights lane
 Civil Parish Askrigg
 Brit. National Grid SD 94372 92326
 Altitude 373m
 Geology Drift over Middle Limestone
 Record Name Akrigg Pasture Burnt Mound Site 3.
 Record Description This medium burnt mound, is located in rushy marsh and is 7m diameter and 1m high approximately. This site is the third of an open cluster of four burnt mounds situated in Askrigg Pastures above and below the western end of High Straights Lane.
 Dimensions 7m diameter and 1m high
 Additional Notes First reported by Laurie T.C., 2004. 'Burnt Mounds in Wensleydale and Swaledale.' in R.F. White and P.R.Wilson Eds. Archaeology and Historic Landscapes of the Yorkshire Dales. For details of the landscape setting of this site, see photographs.
 Image 1 ID 3489         Click image to enlarge
 Image 1 Description Askrigg Pasture Burnt Mound No 3.
 
 
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