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MuseumsSite Name: Hull and East Riding Museum
Country: England County: North Humberside Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Hull
Map Ref: TA101286  Landranger Map Number: 107
Latitude: 53.742163N  Longitude: 0.332111W
Condition:
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Catrinm visited on 3rd Feb 2018 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5 This is a fabulous museum - what a surprise.The Roos Carr figures are different to anything you can see elsewhere in the way of human representation from this era (around 500 bc). The log boat is phenomenal. The mosaics are beautiful and so many of them ! And free - we’ll done Hull Museums.

Runemage visited on 16th Apr 2005 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Very interesting visit and a must for prehistory enthusiasts. J.R.Mortimer, a prolific antiquarian excavated anything that looked like a lump in the landscape in the East Yorkshire Wolds area and his detailed records of neolithic and bronze age discoveries were published in what's known as 'Mortimer's Forty Years' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Robert_Mortimer. His 66,000 finds are in the museum, but only a comparative few are on display. The ones that are there show a superb quality of craftsmanship. In addition, there is a good quality replica of the Folkton Drums, http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/t/the_folkton_drums.aspx The original and enigmatic quartzite-eyed Roos Carr figures http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/museumcollections/collections/storydetail.php?irn=484&master=449 The Hasholme Boat, made from a huge hewn log in a watery preservation area http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/museumcollections/collections/storydetail.php?irn=514&master=424 Iron Age Chariot Burials are a feature of the area and several are on display. My interest in history finishes about there, but there's lots more to be seen like Roman mosaics etc. http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/museumcollections/collections/subtheme.php?irn=449

cavers35 visited - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.67 Ambience: 4 Access: 5

Hull and East Riding Museum
Hull and East Riding Museum submitted by Runemage : Roos Carr Figures. If there was an award for the most strange and haunting exhibit, I think this one would win hands down. The quartzite eyes in these polished yew figures' detailed faces seem to return your gaze. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Museum in North Humberside. Top photo: The Roos Carr Figures. If there was an award for the most strange and haunting exhibit, I think this one would win hands down. The quartzite eyes in these polished yew figures' detailed faces seem to return your gaze. The prehistory galleries present our impact on the land since the last Ice Age. The stone tools of the earliest human settlers allow a glimpse sophisticated technologies of the distant past, whilst artefacts from the great Neolithic monument at Duggleby Howe and elsewhere illustrate changes in ritual and burial practices.

Bronze Age treasures include a spectacular display of exquisitely-crafted pottery beakers and food vessels as well as the magnificent swords, axes and daggers which were the luxury goods of those ancient times.

The North Grimston Sword is a particularly fine example of the Celtic metal-worker’s art. The Parisi tribe, who lived in East Yorkshire from about 300 BC, buried their dead under small barrows that were surrounded by square ditches.

Another of the museum’s great Iron Age treasures is the Hasholme Boat. Dating back some 2,300 years, the giant oak logboat sank whilst loaded with a cargo of wood and beef. Recovered by archaeologists in 1984, it is today displayed in a specially built ‘boat-lab’ where it is undergoing conservation treatment similar to that used on the famous Mary Rose.

Address: High Street, HU1 1PS
Phone: 01482 613902
Opening Hours: Open Monday - Saturday: 10.00am-5.00pm Sunday: 1.30pm-4.30pm
Admission: Free
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The museums of Hull are little known outside the area but have some fascinating exhibits. Page originally by Vicky.
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Hull and East Riding Museum submitted by Runemage : Various pottery found in burial mounds, I think they are each displayed at the depth they were discovered, to give visitors the idea that all mounds hold individually made and buried items. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hull and East Riding Museum submitted by Runemage : I think these are Bronze Age Collared Urns, displayed at the depth they were discovered in different mounds. The detailing on the pottery is superb. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hull and East Riding Museum submitted by Runemage : Replica of the Folkton Drums, the originals are in the British Museum. See my visit log for links. The designs on these are outstanding, they were buried with a young child. No-one has a clue as to their function. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hull and East Riding Museum submitted by Catrinm : A better picture of the Roos Carr figures. Ronald Hutton (Pagan Britain)indicates that only three sites in U.K. have produced such figures, probably from around 500 bc. These are by far the best, and numerous, tucked away in Hull. They don’t feel British somehow, particularly the boat, I wonder if they were brought by visitors or exchanged by travellers... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hull and East Riding Museum
Hull and East Riding Museum submitted by Runemage : J.R. Mortimer, antiquarian and superlative record-keeper. the museum holds over 66,000 of his finds. This cabinet is a small tribute to him.

Hull and East Riding Museum
Hull and East Riding Museum submitted by Runemage : Goddess Figurines found throughout East Yorkshire, the map in the cabinet shows the original location of each exhibit.

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Hull and East Riding Museum submitted by Runemage : Flint, chert and bone tools, more for the man of the house.

Hull and East Riding Museum
Hull and East Riding Museum submitted by Runemage : Faience Beads, so lovely aren't they, such a timeless design, we could wear these today.

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Hull and East Riding Museum submitted by Runemage : Bone and antler domestic tools, nicely carved and shaped, many for the lady of the house I think.

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Hull and East Riding Museum submitted by Runemage : Bronze Age Grave Goods

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Hull and East Riding Museum submitted by Runemage : Some of the large quantity of axes found by JR Mortimer in his antiquarian investigations in the mounds and barrows of East Yorkshire (1 comment)

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Re: Hull and East Riding Museum by Catrinm on Saturday, 10 February 2018
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This is a fantastic museum like the tardis just goes on and on ... great unique pieces of prehistory. Well done Hull museums for keeping it free to access these treasures.
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Re: Hull and East Riding Museum by Andy B on Friday, 22 December 2017
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More about the Roos Carr figures
https://teessidepsychogeography.wordpress.com/2017/06/08/yew-roo-detachable-penises/
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