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<< Text Pages >> Harrowick, Upper Dean - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in England in Bedfordshire

Submitted by D-777 on Wednesday, 27 May 2020  Page Views: 771

Multi-periodSite Name: Harrowick, Upper Dean Alternative Name: Hergawic
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 4.37 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Bedfordshire Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
 Nearest Village: Upper Dean
Map Ref: TL0507267416
Latitude: 52.294835N  Longitude: 0.460744W
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.
3 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.
4 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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Lying near Lower Dean to the south-east is a site called Harrowick. It is suggested that this place name has a 5th to 7th century origin (Heargawic) as it means "farm near sacred pagan groves”.

This sacred grove may relate to some prehistoric feature in the landscape which made an impression on early Anglo-Saxon settlers. These features may now be represented only by crop marks. They comprise two parallel strings of complex roughly rectangular enclosures, extending for about one kilometre along a south-west to north-east ridge. The group includes an unusual small double-ditched trapezoidal enclosure.

Harrowick stands at the highest point in the parish and is easily accessible from a public footpath which leads upwards to a crossroads. If you take a left and follow the path you will come to a clump of trees and bushes where once stood a farmhouse. It's not entirely clear exactly where the temple or sacred grove was but must have been very close to this spot.

See also Bedford Archives Lower Dean before 1086 and Pastscape Monument no. 1621240
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TL0567 : Footpath through the barley by Philip Jeffrey
by Philip Jeffrey
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TL0467 : View towards Upper Dean by Kokai
by Kokai
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TL0567 : Woodland at the field edge by Philip Jeffrey
by Philip Jeffrey
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TL0567 : Sheep on the path into the village by Philip Jeffrey
by Philip Jeffrey
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TL0567 : Sheep at Upper Dean by Jonathan Thacker
by Jonathan Thacker
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Re: Harrowick, Upper Dean by Andy B on Thursday, 11 June 2020
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Very interesting, thanks for sending this in. Photos of the area very welcome.
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