Snotterdale Barrow, Live Moor
Path leading to Snotterdale Barrow from Thackdale Head
Snotterdale Round Barrow, Live Moor, Coast to Coast
The Snotterdale Round Barrow is described by Historic England as being 70m north of Snotterdale Plantation. It is on the opposite side of Live Moor to the recently discovered Live Moor Hill Fort at Knoll's End, and is detected just above the north side of Snotterdale Plantation at the side of a path and fence on the 280m contour. The path leads from the head of Snotterdale to Sparrow Hall in Scugdale. The Barrows are scheduled monuments with Historic England.
The Snotterdale Barrow is a Bowl Barrow and has an earth and stone mound that stands erect up to about 3/4 metre in height. It is about 8m in diameter and has a 3m ditch, now filled in, encompassing it. There are numerous other barrows around this area, many of which are found in clusters, particularly along the ridge top watersheds. They are considered evidential with regard to territorial structuring of land divisions, some of which persist in our age as marking parish or town boundaries.
Snotterdale Round Barrow
Snotterdale Round Barrow is covered by spoil from the small adjacent quarry, and by vegetation, and not all its features are observable. It dates from the late Bronze Age, i.e. between 2400 - 1500 BC. This and other nearby barrows are thought to represent territorial markers and may form part of an ancient cemetery. In the foreground is an ancient Boundary Stone forming part of a chain of stones close to the ridge of Live Moor.
Typical Bowl Barrow
Sleights Moor
Round Barrows are a type of funerary memorial that date to the late Neolithic to late Bronze Age periods, i.e. 2400-1500 BC. Their construction consists of soil or rubble mounds, often with ditches around them. Round barrows were used for single corpses or several corpses. Groups of barrows are common, and together form a cemetery, particularly so on the North York Moors. Nationally, there are more than 10,000 surviving round (bowl) barrows. Many such barrows populate conspicuous locales and are deemed to be a cardinal historic feature in the modern landscape.
Coast to Coast Trail Guide
Hiking the Coast to Coast
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