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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Eston Moor B2Country: England
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County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Village: Eston
Map Ref: NZ5663317920
Latitude: 54.553365N Longitude: 1.125902W
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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This bronze age bowl barrow is located at the top of the scarp on the northern edge of Eston Moor and would normally have extensive views overlooking Teesside, though today (May 2020) this view is mainly obscured by gorse and young trees.
It is Historic England List Entry Number 1011275 which tells us amongst other things that it has been subject to partial excavation in the past, a statement I would tend to disagree with, as the excavation in the centre looks much more than partial to me. It also tells us that it sits at the top of a scarp on a south facing slope (should be north west) that it is 15m in diameter and has a height of 1m. It also tells us that it once was surrounded by a ditch, though this has been filled in over time and is no longer visible.
Pastscape has much the same information at Monument 611242
Note: This barrow is not shown on any OS maps old or new. Pastscape quotes as one of their general reference sources - Yorks Archaeol J 63 1991 40 (Vyner B E). This is an article by Vyner entitled “Bronze Age Activity on the Eston Hills” and published in the Yorkshire Archaeological Journal number 63 in 1991. On page 40 talking about this barrow (in 1991) he describes it as a substantial mound of stone and earth recently rediscovered by Ms G.M. Cobb. He thinks it may be the mound referred to by Gordon (1869,61)* as “a few hundred yards to the west of the (Beacon) tower, on the brow of the hill and close by the tram railway”**
* Gordon (1869,61) – This is a reference to Samuel Gordons 1869 book “The Watering Places of Cleveland” page 61, where Gordon also goes on to say that three or four years prior to his visit, the barrow had been opened by a Mr G.M. Tweddell of Stokesley. However as to what was found in the barrow all he says was that there were “some interesting remains and amongst them was a bone, right through the hollow of which the root of a bush was growing”
** Points to Ponder – This barrow is more south than west of the beacon also old OS Maps do not show any tram lines on this part of the moor. Those that are showing are all lower down the scarp serving the ironstone drift mines. However sandstone quarrying was carried out at various places along the top of the scarp and these are just my thoughts but maybe they laid temporary lines as and where they required them. What there is today and it runs immediately to the south of the barrow is a very much overgrown, what looks like the remains of a dry stone wall, this is shown on old OS maps as a black single line.
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