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In this heritage feature, Dr Emma Wells explores the ancient story of Drake Howe Cairn on Cringle Moor in the Cleveland Hills. Dating to around 2000 BC, this prominent Bronze Age burial mound—also known as Odin’s Grave—reveals evidence of ceremonial cremation and early territorial identity, standing today as a quiet but powerful prehistoric landmark within the North York Moors landscape.
