Duggleby Howe

#4076 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Museum, Archaeological site

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Duggleby Howe is one of the largest round barrows in Britain, located on the southern side of the Great Wold Valley in the district of Ryedale, and is one of four such monuments in this area, known collectively as the Great barrows of East Yorkshire. Duggleby Howe is believed on the basis of artefacts recovered to be of Late Neolithic date, but no radiocarbon dates are available. Howe as a place name is believed to have originated from the Old Norse word haugr. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 54°5'25"N, 0°39'19"W

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Duggleby Howe – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Eden Camp, Scampston Hall, Sledmere House, Wharram Percy.

6.6 miNW
History museum, Museum, Military museum
Eden Camp, Malton
168 min walk • Eden Camp Modern History Theme Museum is a large Second World War-related museum near Malton in North Yorkshire in England. It occupies a former Second World War prisoner-of-war camp of 33 huts. After the prisoners left, the camp was used for storage and then abandoned. Its grounds then became overgrown.
5.4 miN
Garden, History museum, Museum
Scampston Hall, Malton
139 min walk • Scampston Hall is a Grade II* listed country house in North Yorkshire, England, with a serpentine park designed by Charles Bridgeman and Capability Brown. It is located on the north side of the A64 Leeds/Scarborough road, 4 miles east of Malton, in Scampston village.
3.4 miSE
Historical place, History museum, Museum
Sledmere House, Driffield
87 min walk • Sledmere House is a Grade I listed Georgian country house, containing Chippendale, Sheraton and French furnishings and many fine pictures, set within a park designed by Capability Brown.
2 miSW
Village, Archaeological site
Wharram Percy, Malton
51 min walk • Wharram Percy is a deserted medieval village and former civil parish near Malton, North Yorkshire, on the western edge of the chalk Wolds of North Yorkshire, England.
6.2 miNW
Archaeological site
Derventio Brigantum, Malton
159 min walk • Derventio, sometimes described as Derventio Brigantium in order to distinguish it from other places called Derventio, was a Roman fort and settlement located beneath the modern town of Malton in North Yorkshire, England.
3.9 miN
Church
St Peters
101 min walk • St Peter's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Wintringham, North Yorkshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
6.2 miNW
Monastery
Malton Priory
158 min walk • Malton Priory, Old Malton, North Yorkshire, England, is near to the town of Malton. It was founded as a monastery of the Gilbertine Order by Eustace fitz John, the lord of Malton Castle.
4.3 miN
Church
All Saints Church
110 min walk • All Saints Church is in the village of Thorpe Bassett, North Yorkshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Southern Ryedale, the archdeaconry of York, and the diocese of York. Its benefice is united with those of five other local churches to form the Benefice of Buckrose Carrs.
6.5 miNW
Museum, Archaeological museum
Malton Museum, Malton
165 min walk • Malton Museum is an archaeological museum based in Malton, North Yorkshire.
3.3 miSE
Memorial
Wagoners' Memorial
85 min walk • The Wagoners' Memorial is a war memorial in Sledmere, in the East Riding of Yorkshire in England. The unusual squat columnar memorial was designed by Sir Mark Sykes, 6th Baronet and built in 1919–20.