Tag: Mound

Pickhill Mound, North Yorkshire

Prehistoric mounds, Cairns and boundary Earthworks in Coverdale A gazetteer of probable prehistoric mounds, cairns and boundary earthworks in Coverdale. It is not complete and is still being Read more Pickhill, North Yorkshire. The hill is called Picts Hill. The village – Pickhill takes its name from this hill. Pickhill is in the Domesday book. …

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Celtic Customs

An interesting legacy of Celtic culture is the custom of burying the dead in barrows surrounded by a square ditch. This was a uniquely British phenomenon.

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