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<< Our Photo Pages >> Loose Howe (Rosedale) - Round Barrow(s) in England in Yorkshire (North)

Submitted by kelpie on Saturday, 07 August 2004  Page Views: 9063

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Loose Howe (Rosedale)
Country: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Whitby  Nearest Village: Castleton
Map Ref: NZ7022000835  Landranger Map Number: 94
Latitude: 54.398152N  Longitude: 0.91992W
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Loose Howe (Rosedale)
Loose Howe (Rosedale) submitted by kelpie : The howe as seen approaching from the east, it sits atop a rise in the moors and commands excellent views to the south. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Round barrow in North Yorkshire

This is a wonderful site, the barrow sits on top of a hill with fantastic views all around but especially to the south.

It was excavated by the late great Frank Elgee in 1937 and was found to have a kerb of upright stones surrounding a central clear area. This area held part of a coffin and a canoe, the coffin lid being canoe-shaped, all being made from oak trunks. The coffin contained a body, three flints and a bronze dagger.

A secondary burial was found lower down the mound and it contained a funerary urn with bronze dagger, a bronze pin and a stone axe.

For more information see Pastscape Monument No 28936.
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Loose Howe (Rosedale)
Loose Howe (Rosedale) submitted by johndhunter : Frank Elgee Memorial Stone at NZ 67680 01940 which overlooks Loose Howe at NZ 70220 00835 This is a view of the eastern face of the memorial to Frank Elgee who excavated Loose Howe in 1937.It says FRANK ELGEE 1880 – 1944. The opposite face says ARCHAEOLOGIST. Frank was a Naturalist, Geologist, Archaeologist and former Curator of the Dorman Museum in Middlesbrough. He made a lifelong study o... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Loose Howe (Rosedale)
Loose Howe (Rosedale) submitted by johndhunter : Loose Howe (Rosedale) – Long distance view of Loose Howe from the Memorial Stone for Frank Ekgee at NZ 67680 01940 which overlooks it. Frank was the archaeologist who excavated Loose Howe in 1937. The western face of the stone facing the camera says ARCHAEOLOGIST. The photo was taken January 2012 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Loose Howe (Rosedale)
Loose Howe (Rosedale) submitted by johndhunter : Loose Howe (Rosedale) at NZ 70220 00835 - In this view taken in April 2013 we are looking in a northerly direction (Vote or comment on this photo)

Loose Howe (Rosedale)
Loose Howe (Rosedale) submitted by johndhunter : Loose Howe (Rosedale) at NZ 70220 00835 - In this view taken in April 2013 we are on top of the barrow looking towards Rosedale Head. I would imagine the stones visible on top of the barrow are the results of Frank Elgees excavations in 1937 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Loose Howe (Rosedale)
Loose Howe (Rosedale) submitted by johndhunter : Loose Howe (Rosedale) at NZ 70220 00835 – Approaching from the east. Photo taken in April 2013 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Loose Howe by johndhunter on Thursday, 06 June 2019
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Admin: Images PID: 172651 to 172655 are missing from site page since name change
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    Re: Loose Howe by Anne T on Thursday, 06 June 2019
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    Hi, John, thanks for picking this up. Unfortunately when the site page name was changed the other day it looks like the photo weren't renamed at the same time. Just picked your comment and renamed the photos - having the PIDs was a great help. Hopefully all is in order now. If not, please post another comment here.
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Re: Loose Howe by johndhunter on Tuesday, 04 June 2019
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[Thanks, that's up-dated now] Admin: As per my previous comment suggest site name changed to Loose Howe (Rosedale) to avoid conflicts
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Re: Loose Howe by johndhunter on Wednesday, 20 June 2018
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Images for the Causeway Stone (Loose Howe) SID 47592 are appearing on this SID 5152 in error. Also can I suggest this SID 5152 Loose Howe be renamed Loose Howe (Rosedale) to avoid future conflict as there are other round barrows on the North Yorkshire Moors also called Loose Howe. For Example Loose Howe – Ugthorpe Moor
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Re: Loose Howe by Anne T on Saturday, 14 October 2017
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Thanks to johndhunter who pointed out this was a duplicate of SID 30326, also Loose Howe at (30 metres distance). I've deleted the 2011 SID and added the information to this page.

on 29th October 2011, Coldrum added the following information:
"This Bronze Age barrow is situated above the head of Rosedale was excavated in 1937. Beneath stone casing were alternate layers of white sand and dark turves. The primary inhumation was within an oak dug-out coffin with lid said to closely resemble a logboat in appearance and form. Little remained of the skeleton other than some foot bones and the fragments of foot wrapping and shoe. Elsewhere in the grave was a secondary cremation burial with fragments of urn, charcoal, a cup, axe-hammer, bronze pin and flint. Around the cremation were fragments of Medieval pottery and clay pipe from the mid 17th century. This disturbance of the barrow may explain the poor preservation.

Also in the barrow was what was interpreted as a logboat. It was dug-out oak in much the same form as the coffin, although more fragmentary. It should be noted that as there was poor presevation of the skeleton within the coffin, this 'logboat' may be another badly preserved burial."

Source: Pastscape Monument No 28936.
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