Duggleby Howe

Duggleby Howe (also known as Howe Hill, Duggleby) is one of the

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largest round barrows in Britain, located on the

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Round barrows - Britain

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southern side of the Great Wold Valley in East Yorkshire, and is

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Great Wold Valley - East Yorkshire

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one of four such monuments in this area, known collectively as the

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Great barrows of East Yorkshire. Duggleby Howe is believed on the

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basis of artefacts recovered to be of Late Neolithic date, but no

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radiocarbon dates are available.

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The monument consists of a mound, the base of which was 120 feet (37 metres)

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in diameter. The top of the barrow was apparently truncated at some point

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in the past, leaving an almost-level platform some 47 feet (14 metres) in

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diameter. On this was constructed a post-mill of medieval type.

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Post-mill - Medieval

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The mound was 22 feet (7 metres) high at the eastern end and 18 or 19 feet

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(5 or 6 metres) high at the western end.

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The barrow lies within a roughly circular enclosure, approximately 370

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metres in diameter, formed from interrupted ditches, and open to the south.

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To the east of the barrow, one within the enclosure and one outside, are two

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ring ditches, believed to be of Bronze Age date. Although the

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Ring ditches - Bronze Age

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barrow itself was long known, it was not until 1979 that the existence

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of the enclosure was confirmed using aerial photographs taken by D.N. Riley.

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The barrow was first excavated in either 1798 or 1799 by the Reverend

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1798 - 1799

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Christopher Sykes, but of his excavation no records remain. Beginning on

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July 21st 1890 J.R. Mortimer, under the

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July 21st - 1890 - J.R. Mortimer

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sponsorship of Sir Tatton Sykes, excavated "an area of 40

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feet square over the centre of the barrow, and a portion of the east side"

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over a period of more than six weeks. This excavation was re-assessed by

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Ian Kinnes, Timothy Schadla-Hall, Paul Chadwick and Philip Dean in 1983

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to produce the interpretation presented below.

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