Illustrating the intervisibility of the barrows of the North York Moors. These are a pair of unnamed barrows on Haw Rigg as seen from The Three Howes. From Haw Rigg the barrows of Siss Cross are visible from Siss Cross the barrows of Danby Low Moor and so on across the moors.
The Three Howes marking the horizon with the Castleton to Lockwood Beck road running between them. The nearest barrow in the picture is interesting as it is just possible to make out the platform upon which the barrow is sat.
Enigmatic symbol on back of 3 Howes marker stone
Three Howes, Marker stone (Front)
The tip of the mother-hill Freeborough, visible from the Three Howes, Three Howes Rigg
Oddly enough there are five round barrows in close proximity on Three howes Rigg. The mounds are fairly unremarkable in themselves. They are orientated roughly North South in an elongated ‘S’ and are about 20-30m across.
What is nice about this site is the view of the Freebrough hill, the peak of which just pokes up above Moorsholm Moor on the NNE horizon. The mounds are not orienated to Freebrough but the nearby track that leads to Freebrough and beyond has mounds all along it’s course. This is rich country for the seeker of round barrows.
