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Submitted by drolaf on Wednesday, 31 August 2022  Page Views: 1054

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hare Hill ring cairn
Country: England County: Yorkshire (West) Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Skipton  Nearest Village: Earby
Map Ref: SD9295347697
Latitude: 53.925357N  Longitude: 2.108798W
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
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 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.
 4 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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drolaf visited on 28th May 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4 definitely one to go back to for the fantastic panorama of the Ribble valley.

Hare Hill ring cairn
Hare Hill ring cairn submitted by drolaf : View from cairn to Ingleborough, Pen y Ghent to the NW. (Vote or comment on this photo)
A lovely little banked cairn in a spectacular location overlooking the upper Aire valley and Ribble valley over to the forest of Bowland. Views of Pendle hill to SWW, and Ingleborough, Pen y Ghent to the NW. Many of the peaks of the Dales to the north also. The cairn is located in a plateau at 280m OD below Pitshaw beacon at 388m OD, just over 2km north of the other cairns on Bleara moor. I thought the bank and ditch quite distinct and in good condition compared to the descriptions.

Article 1
An early Bronze Age ring cairn or cairn circle that has lost its covering mound of earth and stones, but its outer ditch just about survives at the NW and SW sides, and there is possibly an inner ditch. Its raised bank is about 0.7m high, while the whole monument has a diameter of roughly 24m. Considering how long ago that this burial mound was constructed it is in a reasonably well preserved state. A fine Bronze Age dagger was found in a field below the Manor House Residential Home, just up the road, in the 1960’s.

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A very large collared funery urn with patternation, which broke into many pieces on being unearthed from the stone cist, but it was eventually (partly) restored and deposited in The Craven Museum, Skipton.

Article 2
The site has rising ground to the south, but commands extensive views of the broad valley of Earby and Thornton Becks below to the west and the hills of Airedale to the north. Conspicuous both on the ground and from aerial photography. Archaeologist Dr Keith Boughey has written a book about the excavation of the bronze age ring cairn on Thornton Moor by Welbury Holgate and his sisters in the 1930's. The Holgates spent years on this project and their many finds eventually went to the Craven Museum but no report was ever written. Dr Boughey has studied the finds, applying modern techniques such as radio carbon dating to them and this book, about to be published by the YAS* is the result of his research.

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*YAS is now YAHS Yorkshire Archaeology and History Society.
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Hare Hill ring cairn
Hare Hill ring cairn submitted by drolaf : View looking west over the site, the cairn is in the centre of the yellow grass field in the photo. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hare Hill ring cairn
Hare Hill ring cairn submitted by drolaf : View from cairn to Pendle hill to SWW (behind Weets hill) (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Hare Hill ring cairn by Sunny100 on Monday, 29 August 2022
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Thanks for the mention drolaf.
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    Re: Hare Hill ring cairn by drolaf on Tuesday, 30 August 2022
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    no probs-it's such a lovely site i just had to make it an entry on the portal.
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Re: Hare Hill ring cairn by Sunny100 on Monday, 29 August 2022
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Here's the Link: https://thejournalofantiquities.com/tag/hare-hill-ring-cairn-near-thornton-in-craven-in-north-yorkshire/
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Re: Hare Hill ring cairn by drolaf on Sunday, 28 August 2022
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The book by Keith Boughey is a wonderful example of local archaeology of the highest quality, covering both the dry data and wider human issues. There were several cists in the cairn, with radiocarbon dates 2000 to 1700 BC, with remains of possibly 15 people, who appeared to be all young from age 5 to 13.

A neolithic axe was found in a shallow pit near the centre of the cairn, associated with charcoal dated c3800BC, with nearby charcoal c3700 BC. 1800 years later the Bronze Age cairn was built centered almost over this find spot, suggesting that it was possibly marked in some way over all that time.
The Beaker pottery, cup, flint and jet items indicate a cultured shared over a wide distance.
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Re: Hare Hill ring cairn by drolaf on Saturday, 04 June 2022
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ps strictly speaking hare hill is now in lancashire, Pendle, but only since 1974 so its disputed still and many consider themselves yorkshire west Craven still.
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