Joaney How (Luccombe): Difference between revisions

Locality
Coordinates	51.1739, -3.5632
Adm. div.	Somerset
Vicinity	On Luccombe 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)

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Joanie How.

The cairn on Robin How / Roger Cornfoot,19 Aug. 2011, Creative Commons.

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 Luccombe 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

Maps

Background

Also see

Dunkery Hill place-name cluster.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 PastScape: Joanie How.

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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.
Three grey dots at centre, from top: Joaney How, Robin How, and an unnamed mound / Google Earth Street View. (Click to enlarge).

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[pastscape-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 PastScape: Joanie How.

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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.]]]
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+Joaney How, a large Bronze Age cairn on the edge of a natural terrace on the north slope of Luccombe 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"/>
-Robin How is a large Bronze Age cairn on Dunkery Hill. On the how, a circular mound of stone enclosed by a heather and turf covered bank, ''c.'' 21.5 m in diameter and more than 2 metres high, two conical tops were formerly found, one to the north, the other to the south, each about 1 m in height. These have been levelled at a relatively recent date.<ref name="pastscape">[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=36960&sort=4&search=exact&criteria=robin%20how&rational=q&recordsperpage=10 PastScape: Robin How.]</ref> One or more of the quarry pits found in the immediate vicinity may have provided the material for the mound.
-Robin How and [[Joaney How (Dunkery Hill)|Joaney How]], a little to the northeast, together with their unnamed southern neighbour (see Google aerial photo on this page) used to be referred to collectively as Luckham Barrows. The earliest source to include the names 'Robin How' and 'Joaney How' found so far is the 6" O.S. map from 1889 listed in the Maps section below.<ref name="pastscape"/> Apparently there is a tradition to the effect that Robin How and Joaney How are named after Robin Hood and Little John.<ref>[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1020930 Historic England: Round cairn cemetery on Dunkery Hill;] [http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=36960&sort=4&search=exact&criteria=robin%20how&rational=q&recordsperpage=10 PastScape: Robin How.]</ref>
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 === Gazetteers ===
 * Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311.
 === Sources ===
 * [https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1020930 Historic England: Round cairn cemetery on Dunkery Hill]
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 === Background ===
 * {{:Gray, H St G 1932a}}, see pp. 124-25. Not seen, but cf. [http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=36960&sort=4&search=exact&criteria=robin%20how&rational=q&recordsperpage=10 PastScape].
-* {{:Grinsell, L V 1968a}}, see pp. 14, 15, 17, 35, 43. Not seen, but cf. [http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=36960&sort=4&search=exact&criteria=robin%20how&rational=q&recordsperpage=10 PastScape].
+* {{:Grinsell, L V 1968a}}, see pp. 14, 15, 17, 35. Not seen, but cf. [http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=36960&sort=4&search=exact&criteria=robin%20how&rational=q&recordsperpage=10 PastScape].
+* [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=4959 The Megalithic Portal: Joaney How]
 * [http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/3517/dunkery_hill_barrows.html Modern Antiquarian: Dunkery Hill Barrows]
 * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkery_Hill Wikipedia: Dunkery Hill.]
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