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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Giant's Graves (Halton Gill)Country: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Grassington Nearest Village: Horton-in-Ribblesdale
Map Ref: SD8564873346
Latitude: 54.155725N Longitude: 2.22126W
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 (North)
This late Neolithic/Bronze Age round barrow survives as an earthwork on Pen-y-Ghent Fell, and is recorded asPastscape Monument No. 45813. Their first entry in the record dates from 1956 and says: "a scheduled round barrow (2), consists of a much disturbed large mound. Excavation by W. Bennett in 1936 uncovered Flag-built burial chambers, the general arrangement of which, and the shape of the mound, suggesting a late Neolithic date. Also found were secondary burials of possibly Iron Age date."
This barrow is also a scheduled ancient monument - see Historic England List ID 1010536, which adds: "is situated in a low lying position beside Pen-y-ghent Gill. It includes a nearly circular, turf covered stone bank 2.4m wide and in places up to 0.6m high, surrounding a much disturbed area of mounds and hollows. At the west end of the monument there is a smaller bank roughly in the form of a circular arc extending a further 9m. The northern, southern and western sides of a stone lined burial cist are still visible at the north east end of the site. The present form of the site owes much to the various excavations which have taken place on it, leaving behind hollows and irregular mounds of soil. The north east area of the site was excavated in 1936 by W Bennett who discovered a number of human burials around the cist area. At the west end of the monument are two large stones, 0.8m long and slightly overlapping, probably part of a chamber wall. The ground around them had been excavated at some time during the early 19th century and the hole partially refilled with boulders."
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also feature a page for this site - see their entry for Giants’ Graves, Halton Gill, North Yorkshire, which describes this as "easy enough to get to". TNA include directions for finding the barrow together with a brief archaeology & history , a 1937 plan of the site and local folklore.
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