Little Blakey Howe

Little Blakey Howe stands on Blakey Ridge approximately four hundred and thirty metres south-south-east of the Lion Inn. Its earth-and-stone mound is only about five metres in diameter and forty centimetres high, making it much smaller than the nearby Blakey Howe. An eighteenth-century boundary stone rises from the mound and leans southwards. The initials on its north-western face are thought to identify Thomas Duncombe, who owned the estate during that period. Historic England also considers the possibility that the marker reused a prehistoric standing stone, but this has not been confirmed. No surrounding ditch is visible, although a buried ditch may survive. The ridge contains numerous spoil heaps from later coal extraction. Little Blakey Howe illustrates the reuse of an ancient mound as a land-boundary marker within a subsequently altered landscape. Period: Prehistoric barrow with eighteenth-century boundary stone Grid reference: SE 68127 99358 Protection: Scheduled monument Source: Historic England, https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1018984 (Open Government Licence). © Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Banner photo: "Little Blakey Howe - geograph.org.uk - 1906875" by Keith Evans, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0.