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<< Text Pages >> Hedon Howe - Long Barrow in England in Yorkshire (North)

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hedon Howe
Country: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Long Barrow

Map Ref: SE7843166510  Landranger Map Number: 100
Latitude: 54.088534N  Longitude: 0.802441W
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
4
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Re: Hedon Howe by Navigator on Saturday, 09 August 2014
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I visited Hedon Howe on 5th. August 2014 as part of my quest to follow, by dowsing, two Earth Energy (Dragon) Lines across East Yorkshire from Bridlington towards the Devil's Arrows near Boroughbridge.
The track leading to Hedon Howe has been altered and access is now only possible by either climbing over a fence adjacent to a "muck pile" or via Eddlethorpe Hall; I chose the former.
The track is clean and clear but gets a bit muddy as the Howe is approached. There are numerous Badger Sets gouged in the sides and the Howe is fenced on all sides. It is overgrown with trees and brambles and in a sorry state. A few yards down from the Northern end on the right hand side of the track, opposite one of the Badger Sets, are some large, flat stones. They are similar to the Stones that form the small Cist in Rudston Churchyard; did they once lay in the Howe?
A "male" Dragon Line embraces the Southern section whilst a "female" Dragon Line brushes the Northern edge. They do not cross and there is no Node Point but this was a place of special importance to our Neolithic ancestors. I will return in late Autumn, when there will be less foliage and vegetation, to take some photographs.
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Re: Hedon Howe by coldrum on Thursday, 27 October 2011
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From Pastscape:

"A Neolithic round cairn excavated by Mortimer in September 1893 "during seven delightful days of the most beautiful summer which England has experienced for many long years". At the time, the barrow was 50 feet in "medium diameter" and 8 feet high. In 1971, the Ordnance Survey recorded it as sprread by ploughing, and measuring 28 metres in diameter and up to 1.2 metres high. Mortimer found 5 cists beneath the mound, all formed by stone slabs set upright into the original ground surface, and all roofed with similar stone slabs. Some were also paved. In the order described by Mortimer, cist 1 was to the north, orientated north-south, measuring 5 feet by 3.5 feet. It contained the remains of an adult inhumation plus a leaf arrowhead. The presence of fox and badger remains highlights the amount of disturbance. Cist 2 was to the west, aligned east-west, and was 9.5 feet by a maximum of 5 feet. It contained only a few fragments of bone. Cist 3 was at the centre, aligned east-west, 6 feet by 3.25 feet, with a crouched adult male inhumation at the west end. At the east end were the bones of an adult female and another adult. Cist 4, to the south, was aligned north-south, 9 feet by 5 feet, but contained no trace of a burial. Cist 5, to the east, was aligned east-west, 6 feet by 3.5 feet, contained a crouched adult inhumation. Stones of various sizes had been piled around each cist to support the uprights, and around the central cist this had formed a slight inner mound. Mortimer alsostated that around and over the central cist were 2 deposits of mostly articulated ox bones. Within the mound itself was a cremation with food vessel, a child burial with a Beaker, and scattered bones, flints and Neolithic potsherds."

http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=59619

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