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<< Our Photo Pages >> Kepwick Long Barrow - Long Barrow in England in Yorkshire (North)

Submitted by vicky on Sunday, 21 July 2002  Page Views: 6876

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kepwick Long Barrow Alternative Name: Over Silton; Greenwell's Barrow
Country: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Thirsk  Nearest Village: Knayton
Map Ref: SE4915590333  Landranger Map Number: 100
Latitude: 54.306242N  Longitude: 1.246072W
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
 no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 no data 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.
 3 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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Kepwick Long Barrow
Kepwick Long Barrow submitted by johndhunter : Kepwick Long Barrow at SE 49155 90333 – Again because it is difficult to pick out the barrow amongst the vegetation with a 2 dimensional camera, I have put a yellow outline around it. This view is looking along the barrow in a north easterly direction, March 2014. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Long Barrows are few and far between in North Yorkshire.

For more information on this particular barrow, see Pastscape Monument No. 55713 which records this as being on Kepwick Moor, North-East Group, site 20: "A neolithic long barrow is visible as an earthwork on air photographs, centred at SE 4915 9033. The barrow measures approximately 34m x15m, and a central pit is visible and probably the result of previous excavation. The barrow appears extant on the latest 2009 vertical photography." The add: "known as Over Silton Long Barrow to Greenwell when its situation now in Kepwick Parish, was originally in Over Silton."

For the scheduling information, please see Historic England List Entry 1008574 which adds: "The monument includes a long barrow orientated north west to south east situated on the west edge of Arden Little Moor. It lies in close proximity to a group of round barrows and a series of prehistoric linear earthworks. The barrow has a large well defined elongated earth and stone mound standing 1.3m high. It is 31m long, 10m wide at the south east end but tapering to 6m at the west end. Excavations carried out by Canon Greenwell in 1877 revealed five human burials and several flint artefacts. The remains of this excavation can still be seen as a trench cutting across the barrow 5m from the south east end. The mound was flanked by a ditch up to 3m wide which has become filled in over the years and is no longer visible as an earthwork."

For more information see the comment from johndhunter, 31st October 2017 - thanks john!
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Kepwick Long Barrow
Kepwick Long Barrow submitted by johndhunter : Kepwick Long Barrow at SE 49155 90333 - It is relatively low, only about 4ft high so it tends to blend in with the rest of the vegetation and makes it difficult to get a decent shot with a 2 dimensional camera so I have outlined its location with a yellow oval. This view was taken looking easterly in March 2014 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Kepwick Long Barrow by Zooks777 on Sunday, 08 August 2021
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Long Barrow shows up well on Environment Agency lidar (grey icon next to that for CamRA), including rob pit. ~200 m west are three prominent circular features, noted on OS map above
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Re: Kepwick Long Barrow by johndhunter on Tuesday, 31 October 2017
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This is Historic England List Entry Number 1008574 [the link together with an extract has been copied into the main text for this site page above - admin.]

What the list entry doesn’t tell us but Frank Elgee does in his book “Early Man in North East Yorkshire” (1930) page 47 was that bodies which Greenwell found were so incomplete that he believed that they must have been deposited in a fragmentary condition. Frank Elgee also examined this barrow in 1927 and in his book lists the bones which were found. He also states that the several flint artefacts which the list entry mentions were in fact 2 flint flakes.
Note: Long Barrows are not common on the North Yorkshire Moors this is one of only a few which can be found there.
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    Re: Kepwick Long Barrow by Anne T on Tuesday, 31 October 2017
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    Thanks, johndhunter - that's really interesting information. By the way, if you want a particular photograph adding as the main photograph for any new site page, just add a note to the photograph. One of us admins should pick it up. Thanks again for all the great contributions.
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      Re: Kepwick Long Barrow by johndhunter on Tuesday, 31 October 2017
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      Will do , not really sure yet how your system works but tend to post them as I would like them to appear. As I often make comments on one image which refer to the previous image E.g. I might post an image showing me approaching a site and then the next one saying that this is a closer view so if they don't run in the right order they might not make sense
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Re: Kepwick Long Barrow by johndhunter on Tuesday, 31 October 2017
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Official grid ref from Historic England is SE 49155 90333 [updated - thank you]
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Re: Kepwick Long Barrow by Anonymous on Monday, 17 July 2006
Yesterday, I sent a message saying remains of seven humans were found here. Wrong! I only have internet access at local library and was going from memory. Checked it last night. Barrow was excavated by Greenwell pre-1877. Remains of FIVE individuals were found. Also, two flint flakes, but no other grave goods.

Apology for inconvenience.
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Re: Kepwick Long Barrow by Anonymous on Sunday, 16 July 2006
remains of 7 humans found, 2 flint flakes but no other grave goods.
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