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<< Text Pages >> Gallows Hill Barrow - Round Barrow(s) in England in Yorkshire (East)

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Gallows Hill Barrow
Country: England County: Yorkshire (East) Type: Round Barrow(s)

Map Ref: TA04776379
Latitude: 54.059418N  Longitude: 0.400862W
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
no data 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
5
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Round Barrow in Yorkshire (East)

Bronze Age round barrow, reused in the Medieval period as a gallows. It has been ploughed down and now measures 6 metres in diameter and 0.2 metres high. Beaker pottery and flint arrowheads have been recovered from the barrow during excavations in 1958. A number of inhumations were also uncovered and are interptreted as execution victims. Scheduled.

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Gallows Hill Barrows
Gallows Hill Barrows submitted by bec-zog : Gallows Hill Barrows TG0794126-7 ( near Salthouse Heath) located on either side of Salthouse heath roadway to Weybourne (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gallows hill Barrows
Gallows hill Barrows submitted by bec-zog (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gallows Hill Barrows
Gallows Hill Barrows submitted by bec-zog : Gallows Hill Barrows TG0794126-7 ( near Salthouse Heath) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gallows hill Barrows
Gallows hill Barrows submitted by bec-zog (Vote or comment on this photo)

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