Drigg Burnt Mound, West Cumbria

An archaeological evaluation at the site of a putative Bronze Age hearth or burnt mound at Drigg, West Cumbria (SD 0450 9860), undertaken in October 2000 by Oxford Archaeology North (OA North). The work was commissioned by English Heritage following concerns raised by the Cumbria County Archaeologist and members of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society (hereafter CWAAS), regarding accelerated erosion of the site. Two trenches were also excavated to establish the surviving extent of the archaeological deposits, Trench A examining the deposit of burnt stone visible in the section, and Trench B one of the extant timbers. All archaeologically significant deposits were sampled extensively for bulk plant macrofossil assessment, and arthropod and palynological assessment, and monolith samples were taken for radiocarbon dating. The dataset contains reports, photographs, CAD drawings and pollen diagrams.