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Scowle
Type of landscape feature / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Scowles are landscape features that range from amorphous shallow pits to irregular labyrinthine hollows up to several metres deep[1] and are possibly unique to the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England.[2]
Not to be confused with any uses of the term "Scowl".
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They have traditionally been interpreted as the remains of prehistoric and early historic open-cast iron ore extraction,[3] but investigation undertaken by the Forest of Dean Archaeological Survey from 2003 to 2004 suggests that they have a primarily natural origin, which has been exploited by humans.[1]