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Re: Duggleby Howe by coldrum on Thursday, 27 October 2011

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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