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Hob Hurst's House

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There are numerous prehistoric mounds on these moors, many marking late Neolithic and early Bronze Age burial sites. Built by local families in their fields and open pastures to contain the bones of 'ancestors', the mounds were visible symbols of community sense of place. However Hob Hurst's House is
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unique with its square central mound, ditch and outer bank. Hob Hurst's House was one of the first monuments in Britain to be taken into state care, through the Ancient Monuments Protection Act of 1882. The stone bollards inscribed VR that surround the site were erected at that time.
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The barrow is 11 yards (10 m) in diameter and 4 feet (1.2 m) high, with a ditch and an external bank of 22 yards (20 m) diameter.
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Peak District Boundary Walk: 190 Miles Around the Edge of the National Park
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The information board at the site as reported on Geograph
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Bronze Age
barrow
Beeley Moor
Bakewell
Derbyshire
English Heritage
Chatsworth House
Peak District Boundary Walk
Gibbet Moor
Beeley
folklore
region
Mulgrave woods
Whitby
North Yorkshire
Monsal Dale
Thomas Bateman
Bronze Age Britain
Wayland's Smithy
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
Hob (folklore)
North York Moors
Habitations
Old English
hyrst
Hob (folklore)
North York Moors
Hob-trush Hob (Mulgrave woods)
Hob (folklore)

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