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<< Text Pages >> Firtholme (Easington) - Cairn in England in Yorkshire (East)

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Firtholme (Easington)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 71.551 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Yorkshire (East) Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Hull  Nearest Village: Easington
Map Ref: TA41601748
Latitude: 53.634691N  Longitude: 0.140102E
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
Destroyed 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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Cairn in Yorkshire (East)

The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) feature a page on this intriguing tumulus (now under the North Sea) - see their entry for Firtholme, Easington, East Yorkshire.

TNA say that "the fabled Yorkshire antiquarians William Greenwell and J.R. Mortimer uncovered and excavated many now-lost prehistoric tombs—some of which, beneath the rounded tumulus of earth, were constructed out of wood instead of stone ..... On the beach at Easington, in Holderness, under a tide-demolished barrow, Dr Hewetson and the writer on April 21st, 1894, discovered a double cist made of broad slabs split from the outer shell of the decayed trunk of a willow tree.  This barrow had been swept away by the waves, and its site was at about half-tide-line, and a considerable way from the very low cliffs.  Lining the grave with wood (the branches of trees) would not be difficult to accomplish and would be practised as a protection to the body.”

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
TA4117 : Long Bank, Easington by Paul Glazzard
by Paul Glazzard
©2007(licence)
TA4117 : Wind-blown sand by Paul Glazzard
by Paul Glazzard
©2007(licence)
TA4117 : A pill box by the sea by Peter Church
by Peter Church
©2008(licence)
TA4117 : A pill box by the sea by Christine Church
by Christine Church
©2008(licence)
TA4117 : The pill box on Long Bank, Easington by Christine Church
by Christine Church
©2008(licence)

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