<< Our Photo Pages >> Obtrusch - Round Cairn in England in Yorkshire (North)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Obtrusch Alternative Name: Hobthrush Rook, Hobgoblins RockCountry: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Round Cairn
Map Ref: SE6614394416
Latitude: 54.341018N Longitude: 0.98413W
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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There are two round cairns at this location, one known as Obtrusch which is prominent the other smaller one centred 16m to the South East is barely discernible. Any photo I took of this smaller one just looked like you were looking at the ground, so ended up not bothering with it. Note: A drystone grouse butt, now more or less collapsed was built over the north western part of the prominent cairn known as Obtrusch prior to 1930. Full details of these cairns can be found in Historic England List Entry List Entry Number 1020376.
As regards the prominent cairn known as Obtrusch there are variations in the spelling of this name and its other names. Frank Elgee in his 1930 book Early man in NE Yorkshire Pages 70, 71 calls it Obtrush or Hobtrush Rook; he tells us that Rook comes from the old Norse hraukr which means a pile or heap of anything, That Obtrush or Hobtrush was the name of a local supernatural being akin to an elf or hobgoblin. So in reality the cairn is being called a “goblins heap”.
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