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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Lower Colgarth Hill Tumulus Alternative Name: Lower Colgarth Hill Burial MoundCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.6 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Skipton Nearest Village: Bell Busk
Map Ref: SD9048157360
Latitude: 54.012165N Longitude: 2.146747W
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 |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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The burial mound (tumulus) here at the foot of Lower Colgarth Hill is rather oddly-shaped, especially at its SW side, where it may have been dug into at some point in the past, although originally it was almost certainly bowl-shaped or bowl barrow-shaped; at a distance it has the look of a long barrow because of this. It measures roughly 11m (36 ft) long and 5.6m (18 ft) wide and is about 5 feet high. This was probably the place where a chieftain or a high-ranking individual of a local tribe was buried – either in the late Neolithic or the Bronze Age. Maybe more than one individual was buried in the mound and, or, quite possibly other members of the chieftain’s family.
The grassy tumulus is in a field close to a footpath which runs up from the country lane (Carseylands Hill Road), close to a ruined barn called Allamire Laithe. The village of Bell Busk is about half a mile to the south. The river Aire can be seen over to the east. Just opposite the mound, in the wall opening, there is an odd-looking boulder. You will also notice that there are ancient cultivation terraces in this field, and in others close by.
This monument is scheduled as Historic England List ID 1010541 and recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 46432.
The Journal of Antiquities also includes an entry for the Lower Colgarth Hill Burial Mound, Near Bell Busk, North Yorkshire, which includes photographs, directions for finding this site, a description and a list of reference sources for more information.
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