More information : NZ 82731513 Butter Howe (NR). (1)
Butter Howe tumulus measuring 70ft in diameter and 4ft high is
ploughed on two sides and shows traces of an old investigation by
central pit method. (2)
A 'British' barrow was excavated "quite recently (circa 1920) one
mile northwest of Goldsborough by Hornby and Laverick. At a depth
of 1ft below the present surface a rectangular floor of broken
sandstone slabs, 6 1/2ft east to west by 4ft north to south, was
discovered resting upon solid clay; no trace of burial was seen
below this feature. At the west end of the 'floor' and 1 1/2ft
below the present surface, the stump of an oak post circa 2 1/2ft
long, stood vertically. Hornsby and Laverick suggested on this
evidence, that the barrow had been utilised as a possible moot or
gallows hill at a later period. Four feet north of the centre of
the barrow and at a depth of 1ft, a cremation burial associated
with several sherds of 'Anglian' pottery was seen. (The
tumulus excavated by Hornsby and Laverick may be the Butter Howe
referred to by Ashbee and ApSimon. Butter Howe is an isolated
tumulus situated nearly 1 mile northwest of Goldsborough). (3)
As described. Resurveyed at 1.2500. (4)
A sub-circular round barrow is visible as an earthwork on air photographs, centred at NZ 8273 1512. The banked feature measures approximately 15m x 11m.
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