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Monument Number 63234
Hob Uid: 63234
Location : North Yorkshire Ryedale Levisham
Grid Ref : SE8446094080
Summary : A Bronze Age round barrow is situated 660 metres south west of Glebe Farm on the northern part of Levisham Moor. A wide shallow hole in the centre of the mound is evidence of past partial excavation. This feature was mapped as part of the North York Moors National Park NMP, visible as an earthwork on air photographs. The feature is scheduled and appears to be extant on the latest 2009 vertical photography.
More information : SE 84469408. A heather clad round barrow on Levisham Moor, 10m in diameter and 0.7m high, was identified and surveyed by D Smith in 1978. Lying approximately 380m west of Gallows Dike and 50m north of the track fom Saltersgate to Levisham, the mound has been disturbed slightly at the centre. (1) SE 8445 9408. A Bronze Age round barrow situated 660 metres south west of Glebe Farm on the northern part of Levisham Moor. The mound is 0.5 metres high and 11 metres in diameter. A wide shallow hole in the centre of the mound is evidence of past partial excavation. Scheduled. (2) This feature was mapped as part of the North York Moors National Park NMP. The barrow is defined by roughly circular mound with a diameter measuring 12m; the mound has been denuded at the centre, a pit having been dug at an uncertain date. The feature is scheduled and appears to be extant on the latest 2009 vertical photography. (3)

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Source details : YAJ Volume 51 1979.
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Source details : EH scheduling amendment, 26-MAR-2001
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Source details : NMR RAF/26/AC330/A 5039 18-NOV-1943
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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

Monument Period Name : Uncertain
Display Date : Uncertain
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Monument Type : Pit
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 34808
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (N Yorks Moors National Park)
External Cross Reference Number : 7934
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SE 89 SW 63
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2010-06-01
End Date : 2011-05-01

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 63234