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Beacon Howes
Hob Uid: 29622
Location : North Yorkshire Scarborough Staintondale
Grid Ref : NZ9730001090
Summary : Two Bronze Age round barrows known as Beacon Howes located 250 metres south of Fairview and part of a group of similar monuments lying between the sea and the North York Moors. The barrows stand 30 metres apart. The smaller eastern mound has been reduced by agricultural activity and a stone wall runs across it. Scheduled.
More information : (A-NZ 97280110; B-97310107) Beacon Howes (NR) (Tumuli) (NAT) (1) Two turf-covered round barrows known as 'Beacon Howes':- 'A', 20.0m in diameter with a maximum height of 1.2m, is in fair condition. 'B' approximately 16.0m in diameter, has been virtually ploughed out on the SE side of a field wall, which passes over the centre, although it survives on the NW side to a height of 0.5m. Published survey (25") revised. (2) NZ 973012 - NZ 974011. Beacon Howes round barrows. Scheduled. (3) NZ 9730 0109. Two Bronze Age round barrows known as Beacon Howes located 250 metres south of Fairview and part of a group of similar monuments lying between the sea and the North York Moors. The western mound stands 18 metres in diameter and 1.3 metres in height. The eastern mound has been reduced by agricultural activity and measures 15 metres in diameter and 0.5 metres in height. A stone wall runs across it. The 2 barrow are 30 metres apart. Scheduled.(4) The two barrows are visible as slight earthworks on air photographs at NZ9728 0110 and NZ9731 0108. (5)

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Source details : OS 6" 1853
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Source details : F1 DS 15-DEC-72
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Source details : DOE(IAM)AMs Eng 1 - N Eng 1978 56
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Source details : EH scheduling amendment, 14-MAY-2001
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : NMR MAL/65081 194 21-SEP-1965
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Round Barrow
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : NY 208g
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : NY 208h
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 34420
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NZ 90 SE 18
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1972-12-15
End Date : 1972-12-15

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2006-05-12
End Date : 2007-05-31

Historic England Research Records

Beacon Howes