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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Newton Mulgrave Moor RB1Country: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Whitby Nearest Village: Ellerby / Mickleby
Map Ref: NZ7847913526
Latitude: 54.510976N Longitude: 0.789378W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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A bronze age gorse covered round barrow which at present (2023) lies within a small cleared area at the very western edge of Newton Mulgrave Woods, separated from the moor by fencing.
It is made of earth and stone, 8m in diameter and about 0.5m in height. Gorse covered it is actually difficult to make anything out and my main means of identifying was its gps location and the obvious rise in the ground when one got close to it. I had looked for this barrow on a previous visit some ten years earlier in 2013 but was unable to locate it, I can’t remember why but probably because I did not have an accurate grid ref, though I doubt the gorse would have been as it is now. Also I noticed on this visit (2023) that young saplings have been planted around it and in the rest of the cleared area, so should be well hidden in years to come.
Official records talk about sub rectangular stones being dislodged from the the centre of mound by the plough when they planted the plantation. I could not see these, if still there they may be under the gorse. However the furrows from the plough as mentioned in official records are still there and were a help in identifying the barrow.
Just pondering: Not sure why they called the plantation in this area Newton Mulgrave Woods as the vast majority of it is in Ellerby civil parish to the north and Mickleby civil parish to the south. However by the same token, strictly speaking the barrow being just to the east of the parish boundary line puts it on Ellerby Moor rather than Newton Mulgrave Moor but as it belongs to a group of barrows designated as a barrow cemetery on Newton Mulgrave Moor I have named it accordingly.
Sources:
HERR MONUMENT 29082
Historic England LIST ENTRY 1016571
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