Roos Carr figures facts for kids

The Roos Carr figures are a group of prehistoric wooden figurines found at Roos Carr, near Withernsea in the East Riding of Yorkshire in 1836.

Discovery

The figures were found in 1836 by labourers digging a ditch at Roos Carr. The figures were found at a depth of approximately 2 m alongside other wooden objects including a box, a boat with a serpent-head prow, and other degraded objects.

Four of the figures and the boat were donated to the Hull Literary and Philosophical Society and are now in the collection of Hull and East Riding Museum. The museum acquired a fifth figurines from the collection in 1902.

Public display

The figures have been on display in Hull and East Riding Museum and its antecedents. From February to July 2022 they were included as part of 'The World of Stonehenge' exhibition at the British Museum.