<< Text Pages >> Mount Zion (Illingworth) - Cist in England in Yorkshire (West)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Mount Zion (Illingworth)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.371 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (West) Type: Cist
Nearest Town: Halifax Nearest Village: Illingworth
Map Ref: SE068297
Latitude: 53.763609N Longitude: 1.898328W
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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Cist in Yorkshire (West)
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features a page for this now destroyed cist - see their entry for Mount Zion, Illingworth, Halifax, West Yorkshire. TNA describe how the cists was found accidentally by a grave digger in February 1877; they include an early photograph of the prehistoric urn and say: "The remains of the urn were eventually presented to the care of the Bankfield Museum by the Halifax antiquary, F.A. Leyland. We have no notes of any further discoveries in or around the graveyard in question."
The cist and finds are also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 47650, which dates this to the Bronze Age and adds: "Collared urn discovered in February 1877 in the grounds of Mount Zion Chapel, 2 feet below the surface. A slab of stone was found and beneath it a square cist formed of 4 upright stones containing the urn, inverted and surrounded by gravel. The vessel is 19 inches high, 13 inches diameter at mouth and 4 inches at base; its `neck is ornamented with dots', and it contained the broken, cremated bones of an adult female. Bankfield Museum, Halifax."
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