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[[File:robin-how-roger-cornfoot-geograph.jpg|thumb|right|500px|The cairn on Robin How / [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2561893 Roger Cornfoot,19 Aug. 2011, Creative Commons.]]] | [[File:robin-how-roger-cornfoot-geograph.jpg|thumb|right|500px|The cairn on Robin How / [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2561893 Roger Cornfoot,19 Aug. 2011, Creative Commons.]]] | ||
<p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-09-16. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p><div class="no-img"> | <p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-09-16. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p><div class="no-img"> | ||
Joaney How, a large Bronze Age cairn on the edge of a natural terrace on the north slope of | Joaney How, a large Bronze Age cairn on the edge of a natural terrace on the north slope of Dunkery Hill, survives as an earthwork mound more than 22 metres in diameter and ''c.'' 1.8 m high, with a much mutilated, roughly conical pile of stones whose surface stones are quite loose as if recently moved, suggesting that it may have been rebuilt after destruction.<ref name="pastscape">[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=36963 PastScape: Joanie How.]</ref> | ||
Joanie How is traditionally thought to be named after Little John,<ref name="pastscape"/> while the name of [[Robin How (Luccombe)|Robin How]], its neighbour to the southwest, is believed to refer to Robin Hood. Both of these together with a southern neighbour of the latter used to be referred to collectively as Luckham Barrows. The earliest source to include the names 'Joaney How' and 'Robin How' found so far is the 6" O.S. map from 1889 listed in the Maps section below.<ref name="pastscape"/> | Joanie How is traditionally thought to be named after Little John,<ref name="pastscape"/> while the name of [[Robin How (Luccombe)|Robin How]], its neighbour to the southwest, is believed to refer to Robin Hood. Both of these together with a southern neighbour of the latter used to be referred to collectively as Luckham Barrows. The earliest source to include the names 'Joaney How' and 'Robin How' found so far is the 6" O.S. map from 1889 listed in the Maps section below.<ref name="pastscape"/> |
Revision as of 06:27, 16 September 2017
Locality | |
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Coordinates | 51.1739, -3.5632 |
Adm. div. | Somerset |
Vicinity | On Dunkery Hill, c. 2 km SSW of Luccombe |
Type | Prehistoric site |
Interest | Robin Hood name |
Status | Extant |
First Record | 1889 |
A.k.a. | Yonney How; Luckham Barrows (together with the neighbouring Robin How) |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-09-16. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-09-16.
Joaney How, a large Bronze Age cairn on the edge of a natural terrace on the north slope of Dunkery Hill, survives as an earthwork mound more than 22 metres in diameter and c. 1.8 m high, with a much mutilated, roughly conical pile of stones whose surface stones are quite loose as if recently moved, suggesting that it may have been rebuilt after destruction.[1]
Joanie How is traditionally thought to be named after Little John,[1] while the name of Robin How, its neighbour to the southwest, is believed to refer to Robin Hood. Both of these together with a southern neighbour of the latter used to be referred to collectively as Luckham Barrows. The earliest source to include the names 'Joaney How' and 'Robin How' found so far is the 6" O.S. map from 1889 listed in the Maps section below.[1]
Gazetteers
- Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-311.
Sources
- Historic England: Round cairn cemetery on Dunkery Hill
- PastScape: Joanie How
- Exmoor National Park: MSO7397 - Joaney How Burial Cairn, Dunkery Hill.
Maps
- 6" O.S. map Somerset XXXIV.SW (1889; surveyed 1888)
- 6" O.S. map Somerset XXXIV.SW (1903; rev. 1902)
- 6" O.S. map Somerset XXXIV.SW (1903; rev. 1902) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Somerset XXXIV.SW (1930; rev. 1928).
Background
- Gray, H. St. G., 'Rude stone monuments of Exmoor', Somerset Archaeology and Natural History: the Proceedings of the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, vol. 78 (1932), pp.121-25, see pp. 124-25. Not seen, but cf. PastScape.
- Grinsell, L.V., 'Somerset Barrows Part 1: West and South', Somerset Archaeology and Natural History: the Proceedings of the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, vol. 113 (1968-69) pp. 1-43., see pp. 14, 15, 17, 35. Not seen, but cf. PastScape.
- The Megalithic Portal: Joaney How
- Modern Antiquarian: Dunkery Hill Barrows
- Wikipedia: Dunkery Hill.
Also see
Notes
The cairn on Robin How / Roger Cornfoot,19 Aug. 2011, Creative Commons.
Robin How Cairn. Looking east-north-east from Dunkery Hill / Martin Bodman, 9 Aug. 2006, Creative Commons.
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