More trig bagging adventures this weekend , managed to locate and bag four accompanied by Mrs Madriver , was a nice couple of hours out and about and for any of you that have ever done Geocaching it has a very similar feel ........
These trig points were on the North Yorkshire Coastal section close to the National Park border with Cleveland.
TP 3944 Hinderwell Beacon
Located in a field close to the fishing village of Port Mulgrave and alongside the Cleveland Way Path , also known on the map as Beacon Hill . Historic England has this listed as a scheduled monument ( A round Barrow and a 20th Century Royal Observer Corps Post ).
An early bronze age round barrow located in a very prominent position on Beacon Hill, just to the north of Port Mulgrave. It has excellent views along the cliffs towards Staithes in the North West and Runswick Bay to the south east, as well as out to sea.
Its prominent position means that it has been incorporated within the Defence of the Realm over a considerable period of time and has been much disturbed both by excavations and the building of structures, it still has an OS Trig point on the south west side. Place name evidence suggests that it was the site of a warning beacon in the medieval period and more recently in the 20th century, it was utilised by the Royal Observation Corps (ROC). Initially established as an ROC post in 1936 the underground nuclear monitoring post which lies immediately adjacent to the barrow on the north west side was built in 1960 and closed in 1991 after the end of the Cold War.
The Beacon barrow was investigated between 1915 and 1919 by William Hornsby and John D Laverick where they describe it as a large mound, part natural, part artificial and commenting on its name they state that many of the Cleveland Beacons had long been in existence going back to the period subsequent to Domesday. Close by, were the remains of another two barrows even then ploughed down (now completely gone), one slightly north east of the beacon was 25ft in diameter, investigating they found an empty grave 3ft east of centre and near to the surface a food vessel and a cup stone. The other barrow, slightly to the south west of the Beacon there were only traces and not investigated.
Next we had a short Drive up the Coast to the Hamlet of Boulby , now the site of a large potash mine .
TP 2961 Easington
A standard pillar overlooking the coast and close to a radio / TV mast
Next on the List was
TP 3182 High Waupley Farm
Standard pillar in arable field , access quite difficult due to indistinct footpaths .
Our final trig of the day was
TP 5123 Newton Mulgrave Moor
This is a standard Pillar sited alongside another ancient burial mound :
The monument includes a long barrow situated in a prominent position at the top of a north east and north west facing slope on the edge of the North York Moors. The barrow has an earth and stone mound which is ovoid in shape, with its long axis oriented ESE to WNW. The mound measures 36m in length and is 13m wide at the west end and 20m wide at the east end. It stands up to 2.6m high at the east end, with the top sloping down towards the west. On the top of the mound and on the north side there are a number of small hollows caused by the robbing of stone from the fabric of the mound. Originally the mound would have been narrower and trapezoidal in shape with flanking quarry ditches up to 3m wide along its north and south edges. However, over the years erosion and stone robbing have resulted in a more rounded shape and soil has slipped from the mound, increasing its width and burying the quarry ditches which are no longer visible as earthworks. There would also have been a forecourt area up to 10m wide in front of the east end of the mound where rituals connected with the use of the barrow would have taken place. There is nothing of this visible now, but archaeological remains will survive as subsoil features. The long barrow lies in an area rich in prehistoric remains, including further burial monuments. A public bridleway runs in a north to south direction to the east of the barrow mound and passes immediately adjacent to it at the north east corner. All field boundary walls and a concrete water tank set into the ground to the north of the west end of the barrow are excluded from the scheduling, although the ground beneath these features is included.
Despite limited disturbance, the long barrow 250m east of Birchdale House survives well. Significant information about the original form of the monument, the burials placed within it and the rituals associated with them will be preserved. Evidence for earlier land use and the contemporary environment will also survive beneath the barrow mound and within the buried quarry ditches. It is one of only a few monuments dating to the Neolithic period to be found in the North York Moors surviving as an earthwork. The long barrow is situated within an area which includes monuments dating from the Bronze and Iron Ages. Associated groups of monuments such as these demonstrate a continuity of occupation throughout the prehistoric period and offer important scope for the study of the distribution and development of prehistoric activity across the landscape.
A great trip out and about seeing area's of the North Yorkshire Moors previously not visited , we finished our journey with a quick pit stop for tea and medals in the car park at Sandsend .
More trig bagging to come , a few more along the coast around Scarborough and then we will venture inland and further away to some locations not yet explored .
Good luck with it buddy
might have a look at something like this around my area,… tho I’ve said this before…I really do have good intentions lol
