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Monument Number 55470

Hob Uid: 55470
Location :
North Yorkshire
Hambleton
Cowesby, Kepwick
Grid Ref : SE4819089860
Summary : A Bronze Age round barrow is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs. The barrow is one of 8 (separately) recorded on the top western edge of Kepwick and Boltby Moors. The earthwork appears extant on the latest 2009 vertical photography.
More information : (SE 48198986) Gallow Hill (NAT) Tumulus (NR) (1)

Gallow Hill, a very prominent tumulus 60 ft diameter and 10-12 ft
high with a surrounding ditch 3-5 ft wide. (2)

Description correct. Surveyed at 1:10 000. (3)

SE 4819 8986. Gallow Hill round barrow. Scheduled RSM No 25512
(formerly NY/629a). The barrow stands 3.5m high with a diameter
of 18m. The centre and E flank has been dug into in antiquity.
It is surrounded by a ditch up to 3m wide and 0.6m deep. (4)

A Bronze Age round barrow is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs centred at SE 4819 8986. The barrow measures approximately 23m in diameter and is one of 8 (separately) recorded on the top western edge of Kepwick and Boltby Moors. The earthwork appears extant on the latest 2009 vertical photography.
(5)

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Source details : OS 6" 1914
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Source details : Corr 6" (R H Hayes 1963)
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Source details : F1 RE 05-NOV-73
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Source details : English Heritage Scheduling Amendment 3/11/94
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Source details : NMR MAL/72059 200 13-JUL-1972
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : NY 629a
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 25512
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (N Yorks Moors National Park)
External Cross Reference Number : 137
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SE 48 NE 9
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1973-11-05
End Date : 1973-11-05
Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2010-06-01
End Date : 2011-05-01