Thomas Duncombe Boundary Marker, Blakey Howe / Cockpit Hill

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This site was originally a Bronze Age burial mound called Blakey Howe.
Thomas Duncombe Boundary Markers, Blakey Ridge
It was reused a cock fighting pit behind the nearby inn during the 18th-19th centuries
Thomas Duncombe Boundary Markers, Blakey Ridge
The marker on top could be a reused bronze age standing stone, it’s inscribed with the initials TD for Thomas Duncombe the landowner in the 18th Century.

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