Lilla Howe and Cross

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Lilla Howe is an ancient burial bowl barrow.

The site of Lilla Cross once formed the boundaries of four Medieval parishes as well as the junction of two trackways and the limits of an estate belonging to Whitby Abbey in the 11th century - it still forms part of a modern political boundary today.

The cross takes its name from an 8th century Saxon nobleman who died saving the king's life although the style of the carving is thought to date it to the 10th century, it is interesting to note that excavations of the barrow have uncovered Anglo Saxon and Viking grave goods.

The barrow and cross are within the boundary of a Scheduled Ancient Monument: list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1010...

www.stone-circles.org.uk/stone/lillahowe.htm
www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=7864
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Coordinates:   54°22'33"N   -0°37'57"E
This article was last modified 15 years ago