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Submitted by johndhunter on Saturday, 24 August 2019 Page Views: 869

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Stone Ruck (Bilsdale West Moor)
Country: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Village: Carlton in Cleveland
Map Ref: NZ5229701621
Latitude: 54.407368N Longitude: 1.195812W
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

3 Ambience:

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4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

3 Access:

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.

3 Accuracy:

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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**Stone Ruck (Bilsdale West Moor)** submitted by johndhunter : Stone Ruck Round Barrow at NZ 52297 01621 - This is the western edge of the outcrop known as Stone Ruck , August 2013. Though not visible n this view the round barrow sits on top of this outcrop (Vote or comment on this photo)

Round Barrow(s) in Yorkshire (North)

The remains of a round barrow built on top of an outcrop of rock called Stone Ruck on old OS maps. Around this outcrop there also lots of separate earth fast boulders lying around. This term Stone Ruck is used quite often in North Yorkshire to denote outcrops / piles of boulders/ large stones etc. It is my understanding that the term ruck / rook comes from the Old Norse “hraukr” which means a pile or heap of anything. (Source: Frank Elgees 1930 book “Early man in NE Yorkshire” page 71)

This is Historic England List Entry Number 1010529 which tells us that it is an earth and stone mound standing 1m high. It is round in shape, is 10m in diameter and that it has a modern stone cairn built on top of it. The modern stone cairn was built on top of a hollowed out centre but has since collapsed and filled the void, so that there are lots of stones lying around on top of the mound. This now gives the impression at first glance that you are looking at the top of a round cairn.

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