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Multi-periodSite Name: Skipsea mound Alternative Name: Skipsea CastleCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 6.778 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (East) Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Skipsea Nearest Village: Skipsea Brough
Map Ref: TA1609455094
Latitude: 53.978876N Longitude: 0.231263W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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drolaf visited on 15th May 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 limited parking by gate at road
The discovery is part of the Round Mounds Project, a 3 year research project, which started in 2015. (Information from Jim Leary, Reading University)
This region is well known for its continuity of settlement, often on the same site, from the Neolithic through to Iron Age.
Located near the Holderness coast, Skipsea is part of a fertile landscape that was widely settled in the Neolithic, and is only 9 miles from the Rudston cursuses and monolith. A nearby cropmark henge is at Northorpe on the route south to Hornsea. The higher more well drained Wolds were the main destination for Langdale stone axes, but the river Humber estuary’s importance is highlighted by the presence of Bronze Age stitched plank boats at Kilnsea, Ferriby and Brigg.
Access is good by foot but there is little in the way of vehicle parking space.
Note: Skipsea Castle mound was last year found to be originally Iron Age in date. More geophysical surveying is planned, details are in the comments on our page
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