<< Text Pages >> Shaw Hill (Skircoat) - Cairn in England in Yorkshire (West)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Shaw Hill (Skircoat)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.931 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (West) Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Halifax Nearest Village: Skircoat
Map Ref: SE09372401
Latitude: 53.712428N Longitude: 1.859513W
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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Cairn in Yorkshire (West)
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features a page for this now destroyed tumulus, in which 3 urns were found - see their entry for Shaw Hill, Skircoat, Halifax, West Yorkshire, which contains a drawing of one of the urns plus a description from Watson's 1775 History of Halifax publication.
The same site appears to be documented as Pastscape Monument No. 47784, which states: "Three urns found prior to 1775. "At the bottom of the walk leading to the house called Heath in Skircoat". They were 3' below the surface, 3' apart and inverted; two were broken, the third containing calcined bones and dust, was 8" high and 4" diameter at the base. Lost."
Note: Do you have any historical information about this now lost cairn? Do you know the whereabouts of these now lost urns? If so, please post a comment below.
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