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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Snowden Crags NecropolisCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.511 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Otley Nearest Village: Askwith
Map Ref: SE176514
Latitude: 53.958393N Longitude: 1.733264W
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 |
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Barrow Cemetery in Yorkshire (North)
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features a page for this cairnfield - see their entry for Snowden Crags Necropolis, Askwith Moor, North Yorkshire, which gives directions for finding this site, photographs and descriptions. TNA warn "if the heather’s grown, you probably won’t see a thing."
TNA adds: "First described in Eric Cowling Rombald’s Way (1946), where he mentions around 30 cairns on the moorland plain immediately west of the Snowden Moor settlement. These were plainly visible when Richard Stroud and I visited here in 2005, thanks mainly to the fact that the heather had been burnt away. Once it’s grown back, virtually all of these tombs will be hard to find."
At the grid reference given by TNA, Pastscape Monument No. 50438 records: "SE 176514. On the level above Snowden Crags. Artifacts 40, core 1, scraper 1, graver 1. Mesolithic."
The scheduling information on Historic England List ID 1014304 covers "Cairnfield, enclosures, boulder walling, hollow way and carved rocks towards edge of Snowden Carr centred at 370m south east of Crag House", adding: "The monument includes a cairnfield and associated concentration of prehistoric features. Included in the area are a large sub-rectangular enclosure, two smaller enclosures, at least 17 cairns of various sizes, several lengths of boulder walling, a hollow way, and at least 17 carved rocks."
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107m ESE 112° Snowden Crags Cairn Circle* Cairn (SE17705136)
141m SE 135° Snowden Moor* Ancient Village or Settlement (SE177513)
196m ESE 123° Snowden Carr (570) Rock Art (SE1776651295)
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255m SE 131° Death's Head Carving (Askwith Moor)* Rock Art (SE1779551235)
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437m SE 124° Snowden Carr (597) Rock Art (SE1796551158)
437m SSE 153° Snowden Carr (582) Rock Art (SE1780351012)
440m SSE 154° Snowden Carr (579) & (580) Rock Art (SE1779851007)
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445m ESE 122° Tree of Life Stone* Rock Art (SE1797851163)
453m ESE 122° Snowden Carr (600) Rock Art (SE1798751162)
459m SW 214° Askwith Moor (528) Rock Art (SE1734551018)
462m SW 215° Askwith Moor (527) Rock Art (SE1733651020)
472m SW 222° Askwith Moor (526)* Rock Art (SE1728551048)
482m SW 222° Askwith Moor (525)* Rock Art (SE1727851040)
486m SE 127° Snowden Carr (603) Rock Art (SE1799351112)
488m ESE 108° Snowden Carr (605) Rock Art (SE1806651251)
555m ESE 111° Snowden Carr (612) Rock Art (SE1812051201)
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643m WSW 240° Shooting House Hill (Askwith Moor) Ancient Village or Settlement (SE17045108)
662m SSW 196° Askwith Moor (533)* Rock Art (SE1742150762)
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