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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:
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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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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