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Viewing swaag.org website implies consent to set cookies on your computer. Full details Swaledale and Arkengarthdale Archaeology Group
Registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation Number 1155775
SWAAG Honorary President:
Tim Laurie F,S,A,

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 *****SWAAG_ID***** 222
 Date Entered 09/06/2011
 Updated on 15/06/2011
 Recorded by Tim Laurie
 Category Settlement
 Record Type Archaeology
 Site Access Private
 Record Date 01/01/2005
 Location Clapgate
 Civil Parish Marske
 Brit. National Grid 
 Altitude 220m
 Geology Drift over Underset Limestone Series.
 Record Name Multi period settlement complex on west side of Clapgate Gill.
 Record Description Unenclosed round house platform settlement associated with roman pottery and field system defined by substantial lynchetted field banks overlain by a series of rectangular houses associated with medieval and post medieval pottery. Further settlement below Clapgate Scar to be recorded seperately later.
 Dimensions These settlements extend for a distance of 2km on the lower dale sides.
 Additional Notes Unsurveyed. Well seen on Google Earth, Historical Imagery.
 Image 1 ID 769         Click image to enlarge
 Image 1 Description Settlement and field system. Clapgate Gill, West Side.
 Image 2 ID 772         Click image to enlarge
 Image 2 Description Settlements below Clapgate Spring Plantation.
 Image 3 ID 773         Click image to enlarge
 Image 3 Description Settlements in Clapgate seen from the road to Marske
 Image 4 ID 774         Click image to enlarge
 Image 4 Description Ancient field system and settlements in Clapgate
 Image 5 ID 805         Click image to enlarge
 Image 5 Description Settlements below Clapgate Plantation.
 
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