<< Text Pages >> Croup Hill Barrows, Murton - Round Barrow(s) in England in County Durham
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Croup Hill Barrows, MurtonCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 3.088 km away from the location you searched for.
County: County Durham Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Seaham Nearest Village: Murton
Map Ref: NZ382460
Latitude: 54.807419N Longitude: 1.407213W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Round Barrows in County Durham
Durham Sites D1154 and D541
Two Bronze Age round barrows at Croup Hill, Murton Moor East Farm. An excavation of one of them found a cremation with a flint knife, a scraper and flint flakes.
There is no public access, the site is visible from the bridle path to the west.
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