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Multi-periodSite Name: Wicken Hill Alternative Name: Wiccan Hill
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.431 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Yorkshire (West) Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Mytholmyroyd  Nearest Village: Midgley
Map Ref: SE0133527390
Latitude: 53.742888N  Longitude: 1.981238W
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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3 Access:
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4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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Wicken Hill
Wicken Hill submitted by Creative Commons : Eastern arc of the urnfield enclosure Copyright Humphrey Bolton and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence (Vote or comment on this photo)
Circular earthworks. You can clearly see these earthworks from the satellite views. On the ground it is harder to make out although it is possible. The centre of the circle has a depression of some kind. Excavations many years ago revealed burial ashes in pottery. Likely Bronze Age.

The monument includes a Bronze Age urnfield and its enclosing bank. It is situated on the edge of a natural terrace 440m north west of Rough Bottom on Midgeley Moor. The bank is subcircular, approximately 41m in diameter, 7m wide and 0.5m high. There are traces of an internal ditch, and a small earth mound near the centre of the ring. This mound was excavated in 1933 and produced half a quern. Previous excavations in 1897 had produced burnt human bone and fragments of prehistoric pottery.

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Wicken Hill
Wicken Hill submitted by Creative Commons : Circular feature, Midgely Moor Urnfield enclosure which looks like a large ring cairn seen in centre of photograph. Copyright LDBrown and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wicken Hill
Wicken Hill submitted by Creative Commons : Enclosed Bronze Age urnfield Not much can be seen due to the heather, but there is a distinct circular shape, and the location is confirmed by the quarry immediately to the south. Copyright Humphrey Bolton and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SE0127 : Eastern arc of the urnfield enclosure by Humphrey Bolton
by Humphrey Bolton
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SE0127 : Circular feature, Midgely Moor by LDBrown
by LDBrown
©2012(licence)
SE0127 : Enclosed Bronze Age urnfield by Humphrey Bolton
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©2013(licence)
SE0127 : Kissing gate on Hebden Royd Footpath 25, Mytholmroyd by Humphrey Bolton
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SE0127 : Quarry on the moor by Humphrey Bolton
by Humphrey Bolton
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