<< 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: HergawicCountry: 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:
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 |
Internal Links:
External Links:
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
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.
Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
The above images may not be of the site on this page, they are loaded from Geograph.
Please Submit an Image of this site or go out and take one for us!
Click here to see more info for this site
Nearby sites
Click here to view sites on an interactive OS mapKey: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed
Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)
To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.
Turn off the page maps and other distractions
Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
8.4km SSE 158° Bolnhurst Earthwork Misc. Earthwork (TL084597)
8.5km NW 308° Cotton Henge* Henge (SP983725)
8.9km WNW 299° Raunds Ring Ditch Misc. Earthwork (SP972716)
9.0km NW 305° West Cotton Monument Complex Long Barrow (SP97577248)
9.3km WNW 294° Redlands Farm Long Barrow Long Barrow (SP965710)
9.3km WNW 297° Stanwick Lakes* Museum (SP96707150)
9.8km SSW 210° Felmersham Cursus Cursus (TL004588)
10.1km WNW 301° Irthlingborough and Stanwick Barrows* Barrow Cemetery (SP963725)
10.2km NE 38° Seat of Judgement - Leighton Bromswold* Marker Stone (TL112756)
12.4km NW 315° Three Hills Barrows, Woodford* Barrow Cemetery (SP961760)
12.9km NNW 346° Titchmarch Cursus Cursus (TL016798)
14.2km WNW 290° Finedon Stone Marker Stone (SP9161871928)
14.3km SW 225° Harrold Barrows* Barrow Cemetery (SP95245702)
14.3km S 175° Mowsbury Hill Hillfort (TL066532)
15.0km SSW 205° Holywell (Bedfordshire)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SP9907753646)
15.1km E 95° Buckden C Cursus Cursus (TL202664)
15.2km E 94° Buckden B Cursus Cursus (TL20266659)
15.7km SE 126° Eynesbury Hodwick 1 Long Barrow (TL180585)
15.7km ENE 76° Brampton Cursus Cursus (TL203716)
15.8km SE 143° Roundhill Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (TL1487755016)
15.8km ENE 76° Brampton Long Barrow (TL204715)
15.9km SE 127° Eynesbury Hardwicke A Cursus Cursus (TL181582)
16.1km SE 125° Eynesbury Hardwicke B Cursus Cursus (TL184584)
16.1km E 95° Buckden A Cursus Cursus (TL212664)
16.9km SE 140° Willow Row Barrow* Barrow Cemetery (TL162546)
View more nearby sites and additional images