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<< Our Photo Pages >> Pudding Pie Hill - Round Barrow(s) in England in Yorkshire (North)

Submitted by rogerkread on Friday, 12 September 2014  Page Views: 6782

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pudding Pie Hill
Country: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Thirsk  Nearest Village: Sowerby
Map Ref: SE437810
Latitude: 54.222865N  Longitude: 1.331258W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 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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Catrinm visited on 12th Oct 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Access: 5

Anne T visited on 26th Sep 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Pudding Pie Hill, Sowerby near Thirsk: From St Mary The Virgin at Leake, we headed south to Thirsk, leaving the A19 at its junction with the A168 to get as close as we could to Pudding Pie Hill. It wasn’t possible to get to the round barrow from this direction, as there are all private roads leading to houses and small holdings, so we tried driving back into Thirsk and back round to Sowerby. I always like coming to Thirsk, but never been to Sowerby, and it’s a really quaint little village. Blakey Bridge was closed to traffic so we walked across, through the field with Cod Beck to our right hand side. The barrow rises up out of what appears to be the flood plain for the Cod Beck. If it weren’t for the very busy A168 roaring past on the eastern side, this barrow would be in a lovely spot indeed. There is an information board by the footpath leading up to the barrow which explains something of the history and has old photographs of children on the barrow. We walked up to the top of the mound, and there is indeed a hollow where they excavated it in the nineteenth century. The ditch around the mound can be seen to its eastern and southern sides. Definitely worth coming to visit briefly.



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Access: 4.5

Pudding Pie Hill
Pudding Pie Hill submitted by Anne T : Almost the same photograph as rogerkreads, but with greater light/shade as it was late in the afternoon. This was our first view of Pudding Pie Hill from the information board by the footpath leading alongside Cod Beck. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Round Barrow(s) in Yorkshire (North)

Pudding Pie Hill is a large bowl barrow dating from the Late Neolithic to the Bronze Age, 2400-1500 BC, according to the information board on site. Little remains of the ditch. An indentation on the summit is the consequence of a nineteenth century attempt at excavation. This found the remains of three male skeletons dated to the 6th century AD, showing re-use of the site in the early mediaeval period. It now lies immediately adjacent to the Thirsk bypass (A19), and planning has recently been granted for a large housing development in nearby fields, thus accounting for the relatively low ambience rating. Well worth a visit nevertheless.
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Pudding Pie Hill
Pudding Pie Hill submitted by Anne T : Walking round Pudding Pie Hill towards the A168. This photograph is taken from the south eastern side of the barrow, looking back towards Cod Beck in the distance. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pudding Pie Hill
Pudding Pie Hill submitted by Anne T : We could make out evidence of a ditch to the eastern and southern edges of the barrow. Hopefully the contours can be seen in this photograph. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pudding Pie Hill
Pudding Pie Hill submitted by rogerkread : Pudding Pie Hill with Ian for scale. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Pudding Pie Hill
Pudding Pie Hill submitted by rogerkread : The large mound of Pudding Pie Hill. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SE4381 : Pudding Pie Hill by Nigel Knapton
by Nigel Knapton
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SE4381 : A168/A19 heading north by Robin Webster
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SE4381 : Blakey bridge by trevor willis
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SE4380 : Pasture alongside Cod Beck by Christine Johnstone
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SE4380 : Cod Beck by Christine Johnstone
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