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| *****SWAAG_ID***** | 704 |
| Date Entered | 24/03/2013 |
| Updated on | 24/03/2013 |
| Recorded by | Tim Laurie |
| Category | Mining Related |
| Record Type | Industrial Archaeology |
| Site Access | Public Footpath |
| Record Date | 01/01/2005 |
| Location | Ivelet Wood |
| Civil Parish | Muker |
| Brit. National Grid | SD 910 990 |
| Altitude | 300m |
| Geology | Glacial drift and scree over the Three and Five Yard Limestone strata, below the outcrop of the Underset Limestone. |
| Record Name | The Ivelet Wood Project. Survey and Excavations of Charcoal Burning Platforms and Wood Kilns. Tom Gledhill, 1992-3. |
| Record Description | This Record is a preliminary note of the Ivelet Wood Project which was carried out by Tom Gledhill with Ros Nichol during late spring and early summer 1992-3 and is based upon a visit to Ivelet Wood to see the excavations then in progress of one charcoal burning platform and one wood kiln.
Tom Gledhill has very kindly agreed that the full Ivelet Wood Project Report (SYD12785 'Ivelet Wood Project: Survey and Excavation 1992-3'. Thomas Gledhill, 1993) can be uploaded to the SWAAG Website and it is hoped that this Report on work which provides an essential detailed insight into the Development, Past and Present Composition and the Industrial Activities within Ivelet Wood will be available under the Publications Section at www.swaag.org in the very near future. |
| Dimensions | See photographs |
| Additional Notes | The Aims of the Ivelet Wood Project were defined as:
'To investigate the past tree composition of Ivelet Wood by identification and statistical analysis of charcoal fragments, and by pollen analysis; to confirm the nature and purpose of the charcoal platforms and kilns by excavation; to date the industrial exploitation of the wood by C14 dating; to explore the relationship between the various structures and the probable mode and direction of transport of the products by survey.' |
| Image 1 ID | 4261 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 1 Description | The Ivelet Wood Project, Tom Gledhill, 1992-3. Excavations at the Charcoal Burning Platform in progress. |  |
| Image 2 ID | 4262 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 2 Description | The Ivelet Wood Project, Tom Gledhill, 1992-3. Excavations at the Charcoal Burning Platform in progress. |  |
| Image 3 ID | 4264 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 3 Description | The Ivelet Wood Project, Tom Gledhill, 1992-3. Excavations at the Wood Kiln in progress. A total of 6 definite and 1 possible Wood Kilns were identified during the Project Survey. |  |
| Image 4 ID | 4263 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 4 Description | A charcoal burning platform att he northern lend of Ivelet Wood, one of 31 similar charcoal burning platforms within Ivelet Wood identified during the Survey. |  |
| Image 5 ID | 4265 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 5 Description | The track through Ivelet Wood, a recent photo. |  |
| Image 6 ID | 4266 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 6 Description | Alder Carr on the Swale Flood Plain below Ivelet Wood. |  |
| Image 7 ID | 4267 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 7 Description | An isolated Yew Tree below the Underset Limestone at the top of Ivelet Wood. |  |
