When, in late 2011, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) planned to build a new target range close to existing firing ranges on Bellerby Moor, SWAAG was invited to undertake a landscape survey of the proposed site, with a view to the MoD minimising the impact of the construction on the known archaeological features.
After an initial walk-over on the site, the tight time-scale and limited access required only designated SWAAG members to do the formal survey, but another day was organised for more members to view the site and the wider landscape. Resulting from the survey, a selective archaeological dig was undertaken by Wessex Archaeology. The knowledge and analysis presented below represents the results of all four phases of the examination of the site, beginning with the 14-page survey report here: Bellerby Moor GPS Earthwork Survey, by Tim Laurie and Stephen Eastmead, January 2012.
There are also many relevant entries in the SWAAG database. See the PDF covering records number 393-449 for, most notably, a mainly photographic, two-part appreciation of the landscape features in the whole area around the site – scroll to nos. 433 and 442 (both Geographic category). Within the same PDF see records of single features – scroll to nos. 429 (Burial Mound), 431 (Geological), 434 (Flower/Plant), 435 (Geological), 437 (Flower/Plant), 440 (Stone Structure), 441 (Vernacular Building), 443 (Lithic Find), 446 (Stone Structure).
More entries in the SWAAG database relating to Bellerby Moor can be found as follows:
PDF for records numbered 101-153 – scroll to nos. 128-133 (six entries for Burnt Mounds).
PDF for records number 450-499 – scroll to nos. 455 (Mining Related), and 456 (Tree Site).
PDF for records numbered 802-851 – scroll to no. 813 (Flower/Plant).
PDF for records numbered 852-918 – scroll to no. 901 (Enclosures), and 902 (Burnt Mounds).
For the story of the SWAAG database click here: SWAAG database.
