<< Our Photo Pages >> Ticksey How - Marker Stone in England in Yorkshire (North)
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Modern SitesSite Name: Ticksey HowCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.5 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Marker Stone
Nearest Town: Guisborough Nearest Village: Moorsholm
Map Ref: NZ6744213814
Latitude: 54.515149N Longitude: 0.959749W
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 |
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It is made of sandstone and as one would expect showing signs of weathering. It stands about 3ft tall, leaning to the east and though wider at the bottom than at the top it is very roughly square measuring about 12 inches across the middle.
On its west face it has the letter ‘S’ for Stanghow and beneath that its name ‘Tickfey how’ engraved over two lines where the ‘s’ is written in the old fashioned form that looks like an ‘f’. It marked the boundary of the former parishes of Stanghow and Moorsholm.
The ‘how’ portion of its name implies that there is a barrow / cairn close by and according to official records there is a small stone cairn about 50m to the east at NZ 6749 1377. It is described as ‘ gorse covered, 7m in diameter and 0.4m high, with larger stones visible in an excavated centre’. In fact Crawford names this cairn as Ticksey Howe – SMR 0379. It is not readily accessible and whilst on moorland / scrubland it is in an intake behind the barbed wire topped fence and a locked gate.
Note: Viewing the boundary stone - There is a lay-by on the west side of Smeathorns road just before the ‘T’ junction with the A171 and a very short walk up the road towards the cattle grid will take you to the stone. However the stone at times can be obscured / hidden, especially in the late summer if the verges haven’t been cut and you may have to be up close before you spot it.
Source Boundary Stone:
Historic England LIST ENTRY 1136518
Sources Cairn:
HERR MONUMENT 28363
Crawford G.M. 1980, “Bronze Age Burial Mounds in Cleveland” Page 43, SMR 0379.
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