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<< Our Photo Pages >> Pen Howe (Sleights Moor) - Round Barrow(s) in England in Yorkshire (North)

Submitted by johndhunter on Sunday, 17 July 2022  Page Views: 428

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pen Howe (Sleights Moor) Alternative Name: Pin Howe
Country: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Whitby  Nearest Village: Grosmont
Map Ref: NZ8563903722
Latitude: 54.421734N  Longitude: 0.681655W
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.
3 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
5

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Pen Howe (Sleights Moor)
Pen Howe (Sleights Moor) submitted by johndhunter : Pen Howe at NZ 85639 03722 - Close up view, looking southerly, May 2022 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Round Barrow(s) in Yorkshire (North)

A bronze age round barrow in a prominent position on Sleights Moor with good all round views.

This is ‘HERR’ MONUMENT 29299 which tells us that it is flat topped, 19m in diameter and 1.4 m high.

The record also tells us that there is an adjacent, smaller round barrow about 30m to the south, which is 12m in diameter and 0.5m high. This is at NZ 85638 03693 (my gps) and though the record doesn’t say, it is also flat topped. Whilst both barrows are generally heather covered, Pen Howe because of its height stands out clearly from a distance, not so the adjacent barrow you usually have to get quite close before you spot it.

Note : On some historical maps it is named Pin Howe
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Pen Howe (Sleights Moor)
Pen Howe (Sleights Moor) submitted by johndhunter : Pen Howe at NZ 85639 03722 - Prominent on the skyline, this view was taken from the turn off to Grosmont on the main A169 road, June 2022. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pen Howe (Sleights Moor)
Pen Howe (Sleights Moor) submitted by johndhunter : Pen Howe at NZ 85639 03722 - Approaching from the north, June 2022. The white cotton grass as seen in the image is quite prominent in certain areas on the N. Y. Moors at this time of the year and can be quite dense in places, which from a distance makes it look like a white carpet. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pen Howe (Sleights Moor)
Pen Howe (Sleights Moor) submitted by johndhunter : Adjacent barrow at NZ 85638 03693 – Profile view of the barrow in the centre of the image, looking easterly, June 2022. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pen Howe (Sleights Moor)
Pen Howe (Sleights Moor) submitted by johndhunter : Both barrows, viewed from the west, May 2022. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pen Howe (Sleights Moor)
Pen Howe (Sleights Moor) submitted by johndhunter : Pen Howe at NZ 85639 03722 - Viewed from the west, June 2022.

Pen Howe (Sleights Moor)
Pen Howe (Sleights Moor) submitted by johndhunter : Adjacent barrow at NZ 85638 03693 – Viewed looking northerly, May 2022. The walking stick indicated by the arrow marks the approximate centre of the barrow.

Pen Howe (Sleights Moor)
Pen Howe (Sleights Moor) submitted by johndhunter : Both barrows, viewed from the south, May 2022. The flat tops of the barrows stand out quite clearly in this view.

Pen Howe (Sleights Moor)
Pen Howe (Sleights Moor) submitted by johndhunter : Pen Howe at NZ 85639 03722 - Viewed looking northerly, May 2022.

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Re: Pen Howe (Sleights Moor) by Anne T on Sunday, 17 July 2022
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Another great contribution by johndhunter; I'm not sure my eyes would be good enough to pick these tumuli out of the surrounding landscape without John's photographs.

Just to add this, and its neighbouring barrow, are scheduled as Historic England List ID 1004894, '''Pen Howe' tumuli".
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