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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Trattle HoweCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.2 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Kirkbymoorside Nearest Village: Rosedale Abbey
Map Ref: SE6846598623
Latitude: 54.378514N Longitude: 0.947456W
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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See HERE. When the map opens, zoom in to the top left and locate Blakey House then just follow the boundary line south past Little Blakey (Blakey Junction) until you come to Trattle Howe, which is centred on the boundary line. The later 1914 OS map still shows Trattle Howe as an entity with now a ‘Pile of Stones’ at its northern edge, see HERE. When the map opens, zoom in to the top right quadrant and locate Little Blakey (Blakey Junction) then follow the boundary line south to Trattle Howe. The ‘Pile of Stones’ at SE 68462 98627 (my GPS) acts as a boundary stone as it still does today (2025)*. The subsequent 1952 OS map, see HERE no longer shows the barrow as an entity but as a ‘Site of’ implying that it has been eradicated by the quarry. The present day (2025) 1:25 OS map doesn’t even show the quarry let alone the barrow (Site of) only the ‘Pile of Stones’.
*Anomaly – Inexplicably, present day (2025) 1:25 OS maps show this ‘Pile of Stones’ slightly to the west of the boundary line. This is incorrect, it is, as stated above at SE 68462 98627 (from my gps) , directly on the boundary line, where it should be.
Trattle Howe is the NYMNPA HER No. 2378 though it doesn’t name it as such, only describing it as a bronze age round barrow and says evidence for it is existence is an earthwork, implying to some extent that it has not been totally eradicated by the quarry. So with all the above in mind I went and had a look to see if there was anything still visible or had the quarry obliterated it. Historical OS mapping, the NYMNPA HER map and Aerial Archaeology mapping all put the centre of the barrow at SE 68465 98623 where there is in fact a slight rise in the ground. This is to the immediate north of the top edge of the quarry and about 4m to the south of the ‘Pile of Stones’. So yes its probably still there to some degree if the above listed mapping information is correct and its not just quarry spoil.
It should be noted the HERR MONUMENT 58862 which was last updated in 1974 basically says that there are no remains left. However whilst they talk about a modern cairn (Pile of Stones?) the grid reference they actually give for Trattle Howe is SE 68480 98630 which is a fair bit out from what it should be, so I am not sure what they are looking at . The NYMNPA HER is probably the most up to date record and as stated says the evidence for its existence is an earthwork.
Just a thought – Whilst writing this up I noted that the boundary line along this part of Blakey Ridge all went through the Howes ( Barrows): Blakey, Little Blakey, Trattle, Kettle and Pike, which suggests to me that the ancient parish boundaries were drawn up to the Howes and because they run in a line following the ridge, that they had in fact probably marked a boundary of one sort or another from the time they were built.
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