tumulus
tumulus is an archaeological site in Sledmere, East Yorkshire, England. tumulus is situated nearby to the forest Badger Wood, as well as near Triplescore Plantation.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sledmere House and Church of St Mary, Sledmere.
Sledmere House
Photo: Andy Beecroft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Sledmere House is situated 1½ miles north of tumulus.
Church of St Mary, Sledmere
Church
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary, Sledmere is situated 1½ miles north of tumulus.
Church of St Nicholas
Church
Photo: Peter Church, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Nicholas is situated 2 miles south of tumulus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sledmere and Towthorpe.
Sledmere
Village
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sledmere is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, about 7 miles north-west of Driffield on the B1253 road. The village lies in a civil parish which is also officially called "Sledmere" by the Office for National Statistics, although the county council and parish council refer to it as Sledmere and Croome, as the parish also includes the nearby hamlet of Croome. Sledmere is situated 1½ miles north of tumulus.
Towthorpe
Hamlet
Photo: Stephen Horncastle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Towthorpe is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Fimber, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the Yorkshire Wolds just north of the B1248 road, approximately 8 miles north-west of Driffield and 2 miles south-west of Sledmere. Towthorpe is situated 1½ miles west of tumulus.
Fimber
Village
Photo: Alison Stamp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fimber is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 8 miles north-west of Driffield town centre and 3 miles south-west of the village of Sledmere. Fimber is situated 2 miles southwest of tumulus.
tumulus
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Sledmere, East Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.04662° or 54° 2′ 48″ northLongitude
-0.58562° or 0° 35′ 8″ westOpen location code
9C6X2CW7+JQOpenStreetMap ID
node 1574271103OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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