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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Newton Mulgrave Moor LB
Country: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Whitby  Nearest Village: Hutton Mulgrave
Map Ref: NZ7761214328
Latitude: 54.518315N  Longitude: 0.802555W
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:
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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Newton Mulgrave Moor LB
Newton Mulgrave Moor LB submitted by johndhunter : In this view taken in March 2013 we are looking in a westerly direction (Vote or comment on this photo)
Long Barrow in Yorkshire (North)

The monument includes a long barrow situated in a prominent position at the top of a north east and north west facing slope on the edge of the North York Moors. The barrow has an earth and stone mound which is ovoid in shape, with its long axis oriented ESE to WNW. The mound measures 36m in length and is 13m wide at the west end and 20m wide at the east end. It stands up to 2.6m high at the east end, with the top sloping down towards the west. On the top of the mound and on the north side there are a number of small hollows caused by the robbing of stone from the fabric of the mound. Originally the mound would have been narrower and trapezoidal in shape with flanking quarry ditches up to 3m wide along its north and south edges. However, over the years erosion and stone robbing have resulted in a more rounded shape and soil has slipped from the mound, increasing its width and burying the quarry ditches which are no longer visible as earthworks.

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Newton Mulgrave Moor LB
Newton Mulgrave Moor LB submitted by johndhunter : Long Barrow at NZ 77612 14328 – Viewed looking north easterly towards the North Sea, October 2023. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Newton Mulgrave Moor LB
Newton Mulgrave Moor LB submitted by johndhunter : Long Barrow at NZ 77612 14328 – Looking easterly, October 2023. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Newton Mulgrave Moor LB
Newton Mulgrave Moor LB submitted by johndhunter : Long Barrow at NZ 77612 14328 – View from the top of the barrow looking towards the North Sea. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Newton Mulgrave Moor LB
Newton Mulgrave Moor LB submitted by johndhunter : Long Barrow at NZ 77612 14328 – Look northerly, October 2023. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Newton Mulgrave Moor LB
Newton Mulgrave Moor LB submitted by johndhunter : Long Barrow at NZ 77612 14328 – Closer view look northerly, October 2023. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Newton Mulgrave Moor LB
Newton Mulgrave Moor LB submitted by johndhunter : Long Barrow at NZ 77612 14328 – Stood on top of the barrow, looking westerly along most of its length, October 2023.

Newton Mulgrave Moor LB
Newton Mulgrave Moor LB submitted by johndhunter : Long Barrow at NZ 77612 14328 – Tending towards an east north east view, October 2023

Newton Mulgrave Moor LB
Newton Mulgrave Moor LB submitted by johndhunter : Long Barrow at NZ 77612 14328 –Approaching from the south west along the track on Newton Mulgrave Moor, October 2023

Newton Mulgrave Moor LB
Newton Mulgrave Moor LB submitted by johndhunter : In this view taken in March 2013 we are looking in a northerly direction

Newton Mulgrave Moor LB
Newton Mulgrave Moor LB submitted by johndhunter : One of only a handful of Long Barrows on the North Yorkshire Moors and as far as I am aware the only one in the northern part. So with its commanding view looking towards the North Sea and the villages of Staithes, Hinderwell and Runswick Bay all visible in the distance, its well worth a visit. This view was taken in March 2013 looking in the direction of the North Sea. (1 comment)

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Re: Newton Mulgrave Moor by johndhunter on Tuesday, 23 January 2024
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Admin - Ratings for this Site: Condition 3, Ambience 4, Access 4. Nearest Village Hutton Mulgrave, Nearest Town Whitby.
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Re: Newton Mulgrave Moor by johndhunter on Wednesday, 13 June 2018
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As far as I am aware this is the only Long Barrow in the Northern Part of the Moors. However there may be another one. Frank Elgee in his 1930 book Early Man in North Yorkshire (page 47) describes a Long Barrow he found on Sleights Moor in 1928. Basically what he says is that it is on the edge of the moor at an altitude of 800ft above Grosmont in Lower Eskdale. That it was 30 yards long from north to south. It sloped abruptly at the northern end and was 10 yards wide The southern end sloped more gradually and was 12 yards wide . It was surrounded by a ditch and no more than 3 to 4 ft high. Unfortunately he does not give a grid reference for it, so where it actually was is unknown, he does however say that it adjoins the High and Low Bridestones, so it must have been be fairly close by. Neither Historic England nor Pastscape show a Long Barrow in the area he describes. The modern OS map shows four Tumuli about half a mile in a northerly direction from the Bridestones these are centred around NZ 852054 and Pastscape describes these as four round barrows (Monument 29204) . Old OS maps show that they are located on or just below the 875ft contour line and in fact the 1853 map shows 8 tumuli , whilst the 1916 and 1952 maps show 6 tumuli in this area , so maybe it was one of these missing tumuli . Note: The actual 800ft contour line runs below the edge of the moor in the quarries and woods below but I can’t see it being there. I find it intriguing given his exact description of this long barrow that it hasn’t been documented anywhere else.
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    Re: Newton Mulgrave Moor by johndhunter on Saturday, 22 October 2022
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    I have since become aware that there is another Long Barrow or more accuratly a Neolthic Oval Barrow on the northern part of the moors. This is on Elm Ledge , below Danby Beacon a little over 4 miless away to the south west, information of which can be found HERE
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Re: Newton Mulgrave Moor by Andy B on Friday, 22 December 2017
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Long Barrows are fairly scarce on the northern North York Moors, this is round barrow country. Newton Mulgrave and the surrounding moors are rich in prehistoric monuments, the dales running down from the moors to the coast are fertile and well drained, ideal for early farmers. A number of the barrows, including the Long Barrow are placed at points where they can be seen from the dale below, the ancestors looking down from the place where the land meets the sky.

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