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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Fox Hill TumulusCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.362 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (East) Type: Round Barrow(s)
Map Ref: TA07606167
Latitude: 54.039790N Longitude: 0.358397W
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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Round Barrow in East Yorkshire. On present evidence the
monument, which has not been excavated, is identified as a Bronze
Age barrow. However, because of its large size it has been suggested
that it could also represent a Roman burial mound and/or an early
medieval Thing mound. Photo credit: Brian Rogers
The barrow was perhaps re-used in later periods. Now between 3m and 4m high and oval in shape, measuring 21m SW-NE and 27m SE-NW. However, the barrow is respected by a later field boundary to the NW and the better survival of the mound against this boundary confirms that it was originally circular and larger, its shape having been modified by ploughing. The ditch survives as a buried feature 3m wide. Scheduled RSM No 21236.
Source: Pastscape
Note: Midwinter sunset at Fox Hill burial mound, a very happy Winter Solstice to all our readers and contributors!
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