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N side seen from the Lealholm Rigg track looking towards Eskdale
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Warsett Hill seen from ten miles south at Danby Beacon...as much a significant skyline feature and focal point as the latter. That it has a barrow cemetery is entirely understandable.
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View N downslope towards Saltburn...possible interment sites visible
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Looking NW along the edge of the hilltop
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Looking down the slope on the southern side ...perhaps degraded barrows near the coast?
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Looking NW towards Herd Howe bowl barrow, L distant
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Freebrough Hill seen from the top of Herd Howe bowl barrow
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The top of the barrow. It is officially classified as a bowl barrow but as this category doesn’t exist on TMA I’ve had to enter it as a round barrow. It dates from the Bronze Age.
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The N side. Rampart collapsing over cliff to R of image.
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The landward rampart. Gorse and bramble cover was too thick to explore within.
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The fort – or what’s left of it – is the gorsey area in the centre of the image. Seen on the approach from Isle of Whithorn.
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