I've been doing family genealogical research for several years and learned that most of my Mom's ancestors came from what used to be called East Yorkshire. While researching the familial area area a few months back, I stumbled across the Willy Howe Burial Mound. I found it wasn't identified on Google Maps, so I added it.
A couple days ago Google sent me a mail saying 250,000 people had looked at the Willy Howe Mound I'd added to Google Maps. This is an obscure, rather mundane feature and when I added it, I figured nobody would ever see it. I was absolutely flabbergasted to see a quarter million people have looked at that nondescript burial mound.
Turns out the Willy Howe Mound is the source of the "fullest English version of the ‘stolen fairy cup’ legend." from the 12th century.
“Hep Joan! prow Mark! Whether God will or no, We'll have this ark.”
Here it is. It seems that all the ancient burial mounds in England are covered in trees while the surrounding farmland is bare.
