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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Duggleby Howe
Country: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Round Barrow(s)
 Nearest Village: Duggleby
Map Ref: SE88046688  Landranger Map Number: 101
Latitude: 54.090307N  Longitude: 0.655474W
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
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4Good
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 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
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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
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Duggleby Howe
Duggleby Howe submitted by PaulH : North Yorkshire SE 881669 Duggleby How Neolithic round barrow, viewed from North. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Round Barrow in North Yorshire
Located at SE 881669

Immediately east of the B1253, just beyond the southern edge of Duggleby village.

This Neolithic round barrow is one of the largest in Britain, 36m across by 6m high. When excavated in 1890 it was found to consist of a chalk mound covered by a layer of clay and an outer chalk capping. As with other structures constructed from chalk, such as Silbury Hill and Avebury henge, it must have contrasted strongly with the surrounding landscape when new, and have been visible from great distances.

It contained a deep grave pit with 10 adult and child skeletons. Associated with these burials were bone pins, a flint knife, a flint axe, an antler mace head and a Grimston-ware bowl.

Above the burials were the remains of 53 cremations, though more are likely to be revealed if further excavation was attempted.

Duggleby Howe stands at the centre of a circular enclosure identified from crop marks. The enclosure has a diameter of 370 meters, and consists of a wide inner ditch crossed by causeways and a narrow outer ditch. It is similar in size and date to the larger Wessex henges. Presumably it may have been used in the same way as the henges, whatever that may have been !
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Duggleby Howe submitted by lscollinson : This place would have been the Silbury hill of the north in its day. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Duggleby Howe submitted by cavers35 : Duggleby Howe sat perfectly in the landscape.For me personally I think Winter /early Spring is the best time to visit (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Duggleby Howe submitted by Arramattic : Duggleby Howe, 08/1/23 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Duggleby Howe submitted by Runemage : Duggleby Howe taken July 2004. As the field is set to crop, it's difficult to get a decent image of the mound. I remember standing on the passenger seat and emerging out of the sunroof to take this shot. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Duggleby Howe submitted by Bladup : The slope of Duggleby Howe.

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Duggleby Howe submitted by postman : Cor blimey its the land of the giants round here.

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Duggleby Howe submitted by postman : Mid October 2010

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Duggleby Howe submitted by DavidRaven : The site was originally a shaft grave burial with flints and a bowl. The earth used to backfill contained two more bodies and a skull. After the soil had settled and formed a hollow, two more corpses and a few valuable objects were placed here. Beside the original shaft another grave was created, which held one more inhumation and goods. Above these graves a round barrow was constructed which ... (1 comment)

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Re: Duggleby Howe by SumDoood on Tuesday, 25 April 2017
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The howe is 300-400m from the spring(s) which are source of the extraordinary Gypsey Race. An intermittent stream, it flows only every seven years and, not surprisingly, was the focus of much prehistoric activity in the Great Wold Valley.
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Lecture on finds from latest excavations. by Runemage on Wednesday, 01 October 2014
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Recent Work at Duggleby Howe, East Yorkshire. A summary of the lecture given
to ERAS by Dr. Alex Gibson , in November 2010
From ERAS News issue 75 March 2011

Duggleby Howe, one of the most iconic of the Wolds barrows, is surrounded by what appears to be a causewayed ditch, with a further outer ditch in some places, the whole monument having no true parallel.
The many drawings which have been produced over the years, of the ring ditches surrounding the barrow are all very different. Some new work needs to be done on these versions, looking at the reasons for the differences and producing a definitive up
- to - date plot. New work carried out by Bradford [University] shows that the large ring ditch does survive topographically, whereas it was previously known only as a cropmark. No banks appear to remain upstanding. An intriguing question which arises is why the massive internal space between the barrow and the ring ditch has remained so clear and empty of any archaeological features. "

The causewayed ditch, on the inner side of the Roman ditch, proved to be two metres deep and showed evidence of a very gradual, natural fill.
In the bottom of this ditch, just on top of the primary silts, an area of in-situ burning was found, with several hazelnut shells, which (at the time of writing) are awaiting radio-carbon dating. Also found in the lower levels of the ditch were antler picks, in very poor condition, which have are being radiocarbon dated . Very little in the way of environmental evidence, such as snail shells etc , was found in the ditch fills at the lowest levels and Dr. Gibson suggested that the idea that the area was heavily forested in Neolithic times would appear not to be valid.

Full article http://www.eras.org.uk/ERASnews75.pdf
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Re: Duggleby Howe by coldrum on Thursday, 27 October 2011
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From Pastscape:

"A large Neolithic round barrow, located centrally within a ditched enclosure. The site was dug into in the late 18th century, although no details are known. Extensive excavation of the mound was carried out by Mortimer in 1890. At the time, the mound measured circa 38 metres in diameter and 6.5 metres in height. Mortimer's results have been reinterpreted on several occasions. The following is based on that of Kinnes et al (1983). The first phase comprises a rectangular shaft cut into the chalk to a depth of 2.7 metres. At its base was a crouched inhumation with "Towthorpe" bowl and flints. Two further crouched inhumations occurred in the upper fill. Next, two inhumations were deposited on top of the grave backfill, with finds including a flint adze, an arrowhead and an antler macehead. A third phase of burial activity is represented by an adjacent grace containing another crouched inhumation with transverse arrowheads and other flints, plus worked boar's tusks and beaver incisors. These are the only burials which clearly pre-date the primary mound, which itself contained 6 infant burials plus a range of artefacts. The fourth phase comprised a cremation cemetery of at least 53 individuals inserted into the crest of the primary mound. Finally, the mound was extended from 23 to 38 metres in diameter and from 3.4 to 6.5 metres high, though the date of this enlargement is unclear. Lastly, Mortimer found traces of a medieval or later post-mill on top. The surrounding enclosure was first noted on a 1971 air phot. The ditch is circa 368 metres in diameter, and the barrow is roughly at its centre. There are several gaps, and an arc representing one quarter of the ditch is not visible. It seems likely that the ditch is related to the barrow and is either directly contemporary or slightly later, rather than representing a causewayed enclosure. The enclosure is respected by the ditches of a later field system. See associated records for this and other features in the vicinity."

http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=61899
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Re: Duggleby Howe by coldrum on Monday, 29 March 2010
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Re: Duggleby Howe by brigantia on Saturday, 21 April 2007
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In J.R. Mortimer's lengthy essay on Duggleby (1905) - also known as just Howe Hill - he propounds the thought, based on the findings here, that it was once a Moot Hill, or meeting place of local tribal elders. As the mound stands at the centre of a gigantic henge (unknown to Mortimer in his days), the function of a meeting place seems more probable. The very word howe also increases the likelihood as it commonly doubles-up as meaning a moot hill in various parts of northern England. (Gomme 1880) Mortimer also told that there was once a wooden cross standing atop of this great mound, which he thinks was preceeded by a stone one.

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Gomme, G.L. Primitive Folk-Moots, Sampson Lowe: London 1880.
Mortimer, J.R., Forty Years Researches in British and Saxon Burial Mounds of East Yorkshire, A.Brown: London 1905, p.26
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