Three Howes

Nearest town:
Whitby (14km NNE)
OS reference:
NZ795011
OS sheet:
94
Latitude:
54° 23' 56.05 N
Longitude:
0° 46' 31.05 W
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Image of Three Howes (Round Cairn) by moss

To be found on Mirk Mire Moor, not far from the road, which, by the way, leads to the prettiest little gill called Wheeldale Gill at the bottom of the hill and its rowan trees......

Image credit: Moss
moss
moss Sep 10, 2013
Image of Three Howes (Round Cairn) by Moz

This photo nicely shows all three of the round cairns. They can be seen sitting on the horizon from a considerable distance away; way past Wheeldale Gill and the Roman Road to the south.

Moz
Moz Jun 15, 2005
Image of Three Howes (Round Cairn) by Chris Collyer

View looking southwest from the top of the northern mound. The rim of the mound’s crater is in the foreground with the two other cairns/barrows beyond. The trees in the background are Wheeldale Plantation.

Chris Collyer
Chris Collyer Sep 20, 2003
Image of Three Howes (Round Cairn) by Chris Collyer

Two slabs at the base of the northern mound. Are they part of the barrow or a modern addition?

Chris Collyer
Chris Collyer Sep 20, 2003

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Three Howes

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CARL Aug 2, 2015

Visited 1.8.15

Visible from the road on the right when heading south along this lonely road across the desolate heather-clad moorland. As Chris says access is easy from the obvious track – also an easy place to park.
If you like windswept moorland views, this is the place for you! Can’t comment much about the barrows as they are overgrown with heather.

Three Howes

Chris Collyer
Chris Collyer Sep 20, 2003

Ooo, I like these! A line of three round cairns that are worth investigating while looking at the Wheeldale Stones. To the north of Collier Gill (no relation) and the west of a Julian Park and a Randy Mere, they can be seen from the road but are best approached from the track that leads southwest from NZ797012. The track is blocked to vehicles by a steel post but it’s an easy enough walk to the mounds. They are aligned roughly southwest-northeast and follow the contours of the moor, the middle one is slightly offset to the south and to the west and is also quite a bit smaller than the other two. The north and south mounds look to be about the same size, the one to the north perhaps being a little larger, both have flattened tops when viewed from the side and on closer inspection this turns out to be the result of robbing or excavation, the northern one in particular has a large volcano like crater in it’s top. Although scheduled as round cairns they seemed to me to be more earth than stone or rubble, looking round the base of one of the mounds however did reveal a small cut-away area that showed a couple of stone slabs placed at right angles to each other. Although they could be part of the mound they may have been placed here recently for some unknown purpose (probably something to do with shooting, no doubt).

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