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Monument Number 28493
Hob Uid: 28493
Location : Redcar and Cleveland Guisborough
Grid Ref : NZ6137012680
Summary : A Bronze Age round barrow situated on Codhill Heights. The barrow has an earth and stone mound 8m in diameter and standing up to 0.6m high. It was originally surrounded by a kerb of stones which defined the barrow and supported the mound. The kerb stones are still visible around the southern and eastern edges of the mound but many of the others have been either taken away or buried by soil slipping from the mound over the years. A large earthfast boulder measuring up to 1m across is incorporated into the barrow on its north side and a modern marker cairn has been constructed against it. In the centre of the mound there is a hollow caused by excavations in the past. The barrow was mapped from air photographs as part of the North York Moors NMP, and is extant on the latest 2009 vertical photography. Scheduled.
More information : [NZ 61371268] TUMULUS [O.E] (1) Codhill Tumulus (Cairn). (2) The published survey (O.S. 25" 1928) of this partially denuded cairn has been revised. It has a diameter of 9.5m. and is 0.9m. in height. There is no recognizable kerb. (3) NZ 614126. Tumulus on Cod Hill; "has a very large slab headstone". (4) 0173 Godhill Cairn, Guisborough NZ 6137 1268. Prominently sited on the top of a moorland ridge at 290m O.D., this is a stone cairn. It measures 8m in diameter and stands 0.8m high. It is bound on the north, east and west sides by the remnants of a megalithic kerb. The cairn has been extensively disturbed and now has deep depressions on the south and north-west sides. On the north side, a modern marker cairn has been erected, utilising cairn material, against a large earthfast boulder which protrudes from the cairn. Recent aerial photographs have revealed a rectangular arrangement of fields, defined by stone walls and slight banks, attached at its south-west corner to the cairn. The slight nature of the banks suggests only a short period of cultivation, and the stone of the cairn may result from field clearance. (5) NZ 613 126, NZ 611 122. Codhill Heights round cairn and cairn cemetery. Scheduled No CL/35. (6) The Bronze Age round barrow is visible as an earthwork on air photographs, centred at NZ 6137 1267. The feature has a diameter measuring 8m and is extant on the latest 2009 vertical photography. (8)

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Source details : OS 6" 1927-50
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Source details : Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: NZ6112 13-MAY-2009
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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 : CL 35
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : RC 35
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 32021
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NZ 61 SW 10
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1962-07-19
End Date : 1962-07-19

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 28493