1849/01/01 by Thomas Wright · 1 citation
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paper · doi:10.1144/pygs.3.545
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The town of Bridlington stretches from east to west along sloping ground which rises towards the north. The higher ground above the town is called Hunton, and commands towards the south an extensive prospect of Bridlington Bay and Holderness. This high ground is divided into fields, in one of which, occupied by Mr. William Brambles as tenant of the Corporation of Beverley, and in other fields adjoining, there is a continuous embankment, inclosing a long square, within which are remarked many pit-formed hollows in the ground, and boulders and other stones which appear to have been brought from the beach are turned up by the plough, especially near the embankment. According to the popular tradition of the locality, this place was at some remote period the site of a town or village; but such traditions are to be received with caution, and the number of large barrows scattered about would seem rather to point to the brow of the hill as a primeval cemetery. Its position is exactly such a one as the early inhabitants of our Island were accustomed to choose for that purpose.