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Gallows Hill

Hob Uid: 79643
Location :
East Riding of Yorkshire
Kilham
Grid Ref : TA0477063790
Summary : Bronze Age round barrow, reused in the Medieval period as a gallows. It has been ploughed down and now measures 6 metres in diameter and 0.2 metres high. Beaker pottery and flint arrowheads have been recovered from the barrow during excavations in 1958. A number of inhumations were also uncovered and are interptreted as execution victims. Scheduled.
More information : (TA 04776379) Gallows Hill (NAT) Tumulus (NR). (1)

Alleged round barrow, ploughed out and visible as a rise, 25m in
diameter and 0.50m-0.60m high. According to Yorks Chronicle the mound was used as a place of execution and as the name suggests probably supported a gallows. Smith stated that human skulls and other bones were still to be found here but these were probably associated with the executed. (2)

Two BA beakers, types S? and FP, Nos 1340 and 1341, from Gallows Hill, Kilham. In possession of Mr Grantham. (3)

The ploughed out remains of a round barrow, still known locally as "Gallows Hill", and visible as a slight rise about 25m in diameter and 0.5m high.

Grantham confirmed the finds (Still well preserved in his collection) and also that when he excavated the barrow, in about 1968, he found a ditch around it and several skeletons found in this were associated with the mound being used as a gallows.
Published survey (25") Revised. (4)

Flints and arrowheads from barrow. (5)

TA 048 638. Gallows Hill round barrow. Scheduled No HU/43. (6)
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Source details : OS 6" 1958
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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, Find
Monument Period Name : Medieval
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Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Gallows Mound, Inhumation
Evidence : Documentary Evidence, Find
Components and Objects:
Period : Bronze Age
Component Monument Type : Round Barrow
Object Type : BEAKER, ARROWHEAD
Object Material : Pottery, Flint
Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : YK 870
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Humberside)
External Cross Reference Number : 4025
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : HU 43
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : ER 43
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 33581
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TA 06 SW 4
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1968-01-01
End Date : 1968-12-31
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1975-05-13
End Date : 1975-05-13