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<< Our Photo Pages >> Ticksey How - Marker Stone in England in Yorkshire (North)

Submitted by johndhunter on Friday, 15 September 2023  Page Views: 193

Modern SitesSite Name: Ticksey How
Country: 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:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
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3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
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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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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Ticksey How
Ticksey How submitted by johndhunter : Ticksey How at NZ 67442 13814 – Close up of its name engraved on the west face, August 2023. (Vote or comment on this photo)
A roughly dressed 18C boundary stone, located behind, but close to a barbed wire topped fence on the eastern side of Smeathorns Road (the road to Castleton) adjacent to Lockwood Beck Reservoir.

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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Ticksey How
Ticksey How submitted by johndhunter : Ticksey How at NZ 67442 13814 – West Face, August 2023. Freebrough Hill can be seen on the skyline just right of centre in this view. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ticksey How
Ticksey How submitted by johndhunter : Ticksey How at NZ 67442 13814 – North Face, August 2023. Even in this view I can make out some of the lettering on the west face, it is quite pronounced. Images I took in 2013 they were barely visible even looking directly at them, so almost certainly have been gone over to enhance them. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ticksey How
Ticksey How submitted by johndhunter : Ticksey How at NZ 67442 13814 – North Face, August 2023. Even in this view I can make out some of the lettering on the west face, it is quite pronounced. Images I took in 2013 they were barely visible even looking directly at them, so almost certainly have been gone over to enhance them. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Ticksey How
Ticksey How submitted by johndhunter : Ticksey How at NZ 67442 13814 – North Face, June 2013. This view gives an idea as to its actual location . Top right in the image where the gates are is the cattle grid on the Smeathorns road. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ticksey How
Ticksey How submitted by johndhunter : Ticksey How at NZ 67442 13814 – East Face, June 2013.

Ticksey How
Ticksey How submitted by johndhunter : Ticksey How at NZ 67442 13814 – South Face, August 2023

Ticksey How
Ticksey How submitted by johndhunter : Ticksey How at NZ 67442 13814 – South face, June 2013. The car in the image is at the ‘T’ junction where this the Smeathorns road joins the main A171 Whitby – Guisborough road. There is a lay-by just before this junction for easy parking if you wish to visit this stone. Note: When this image was taken it was actually a cross roads but the layout on the other side ot the A171 has changed...

Ticksey How
Ticksey How submitted by johndhunter : Ticksey How at NZ 67442 13814 – West Face, August 2023. With all wording visible in this view including the S at the top, especially if you zoom in.

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