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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Danby BeaconCountry: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Village: Danby
Map Ref: NZ73600927
Latitude: 54.473465N Longitude: 0.865778W
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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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 |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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A 22 metre diameter stone and earthen mound, standing up to 2.5 metres high.
By virtue of its position on top of a prominent hill (now called Beacon Hill) this barrow has been re-used since early post-medieval times as a beacon site. Modern-day visitors to the site will find a five metre tall beacon sculpture rising out of the centre of the barrow, erected in 2008 by the Danby Beacon Trust (and replacing an earlier wooden post that supported a beacon during the 1988 celebrations of the 400th anniversary of the defeat of the Spanish Armada). At the top of the steel column is a flame-shaped basket mounted in a cup decorated with bronze - a reference to the prehistoric monument below.
Access The barrow is alongside a minor road on Beacon Hill and there is an adjacent parking area marked as a 'viewpoint' on maps. There are fantastic views from this barrow of the North York Moors and the North Yorkshire coast (weather permitting!).
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