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Flat Howe (1), Sleights Moor, Sleights, North Yorkshire

Posted on November 14, 2019 by megalithix

Tumulus: OS Grid Reference – NZ 85483 04866 Also Known as: Flat Howe (north) Getting Here Along the A169 road that runs may miles from Whitby to Pickering, as you go through the small town of Sleights, the road gets … Continue reading →

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Lower Headley Farm, Thornton, Bradford, West Yorkshire

Posted on June 2, 2019 by megalithix

Tumulus (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SE 099 321 Archaeology & History There are no longer any remains of the prehistoric burial site that once stood in one of the fields by Lower Headley Farm. We don’t know whether the … Continue reading →

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Manse Bridge, Melness, Tongue, Sutherland

Posted on May 31, 2018 by megalithix

Cairns: OS Grid Reference – NC 5784 6229 Also Known as: Canmore ID 5385 Getting Here Along the A836 road between Durness and Tongue, take the minor road north to Melness and Talmine. 400 yards or so past Talmine Stores shop, … Continue reading →

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Southdown Cottage, Cotmandene, Dorking, Surrey

Posted on May 7, 2018 by megalithix

Tumulus (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – TQ 1686 4958 Archaeology & History Highlighted on the 1914 OS-map (as ‘Site of’), nothing now remains of the prehistoric structure that either covered or surrounded the ancient burial urn, found fortuitously by a … Continue reading →

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Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, England (south), Surrey | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, burials, cairns, death, Dorking, english heritage, Iron Age, neolithic, prehistoric sites, Romano-British, sacred sites, Surrey, tombs, tumuli, tumulus, urns | Leave a comment

Cock Howe (1), Skelton Moor, Marske, North Yorkshire

Posted on April 27, 2018 by megalithix

Cairn: OS Grid Reference – NZ 0811 0063 Getting Here Take the minor high road between the hamlets of Marske and Fremington (up Hard Stiles from Marske side), turning up Stelling Road at the crossroads, and ⅔-mile (1.1km) along, turn right … Continue reading →

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Law Knowe, Niddrie, Edinburgh, Midlothian

Posted on April 3, 2018 by megalithix

Tumulus (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NT 3076 7177 Archaeology & History Long since gone, this little-known burial mound could once be seen not far from the old mansion of Niddrie House. The only reference I’ve found of it is in … Continue reading →

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Rolleston’s Barrow, Rushmore, Tollard Royal, Wiltshire

Posted on February 5, 2018 by megalithix

Tumulus: OS Grid Reference – ST 95552 18233 Archaeology & History In what today seems a barely visible tumulus, amidst the large cluster that could once be found upon the large estate grounds of Rushmore House, were once the overgrown … Continue reading →

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Old Pleck Barrow, Rushmore, Tollard Royal, Wiltshire

Posted on January 21, 2018 by megalithix

Tumulus (destroyed): OS Grid Reference — ST 95459 17548 Archaeology & History This long-lost burial mound was one in a large group of prehistoric tombs that were explored in the 19th century by the legendary antiquarian, General Pitt-Rivers. It had already … Continue reading →

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Cow Keeper’s Field (1), Boulby, Easington, North Yorkshire

Posted on October 3, 2017 by megalithix

Cup-Marked Stone: OS Grid Reference – NZ 7540 1922 Also Known as: BOU-5 (Brown & Chappell) Archaeology & History Inside the once prominent prehistoric tomb on the Cow Keeper’s Field, the northern antiquarians William Hornsby and John Laverick (1920) came across … Continue reading →

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Cow Keeper’s Field (2), Boulby, Easington, North Yorkshire

Posted on October 3, 2017 by megalithix

Cup-and-Ring Stone: OS Grid Reference – NZ 7540 1922 Also Known as: BOU-5 (Brown & Chappell) Archaeology & History Inside the once prominent prehistoric tumulus on the Cow Keeper’s Field (now destroyed), the northern antiquarians William Hornsby and John Laverick (1920) … Continue reading →