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Submitted by Anne T on Friday, 05 January 2018  Page Views: 1150

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ruston Beacon (Ruston Parva)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.693 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Yorkshire (East) Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Driffield  Nearest Village: Ruston Parva
Map Ref: TA05846128
Latitude: 54.036650N  Longitude: 0.385397W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Cairn in Yorkshire (East)

The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) has searched in the 19th and early 20th century records to bring this now destroyed tumulus to our attention - see their page for Ruston Beacon, Ruston Parva, East Yorkshire.

TNA quotes from these historical sources, telling us about Mortimer's Barrow No. 272: “It is situated on elevated ground about half-a-mile (south) west of Ruston Parva. On September 20th and 21st, 1886, it measured about 70 feet in diameter and 2 feet in elevation; and had originally been several feet higher, as an old inhabitant remembered assisted in removing its upper portion, which was carried away and spread on the surrounding land many years previously. At the base of the barrow, near the centre, was a long heap of cremated bones which had been interred in a hollow log of wood with rounded ends, about 3 feet in length and 14 inches in width, well shown by impressions in the plastic soil, and by the remains of the decayed wood. The heap of bones was rather large and probably consisted of the remains of more than one body. No relic accompanied them. Several splinters and flakes of flint were picked from the mound.”

TNA also include an image of the 1854 OS map showing the location of this tumulus.

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
TA0561 : Looking up to the beacon by New Road by David Brown
by David Brown
©2022(licence)
TA0561 : A beacon near Ruston Parva by Ian S
by Ian S
©2012(licence)
TA0561 : Field edge and beacon near Ruston Parva by Jonathan Thacker
by Jonathan Thacker
©2018(licence)
TA0561 : Farmland and Beacon by JThomas
by JThomas
©2009(licence)
TA0661 : New Road to Rudston Parva by David Brown
by David Brown
©2022(licence)

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