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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Fairies CradleCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 2.0 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Tyne and Wear Type: Round Barrow(s)
Map Ref: NZ35374771
Latitude: 54.822992N Longitude: 1.451031W
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 |
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Round Barrow(s) in Tyne and Wear
Information from the Pastscape site:
"A possible BA cairn called "Fairies' Castle" with a hollow on top, was removed many years ago. A 'vessel of pottery' came from this mound but it has not been preserved.
NZ 3537 4769. A plaque on the N wall of 12 Fairy Street, Hetton
reads "Site of the Fairies Cradle". The present occupant of the house
refers the name Fairies Cradle to the finding of a large dressed stone during construction of the street about 1904. Whether the stone marks
the site of the tumulus cannot be verified.
NZ 3537 4771. "Fairies Cradle", Hetton.
A cairn of stones known as Fairies Cradle or Maiden Hill, is recorded as having produced some 'urns' prior to its removal, ante 1877. The site now lies beneath 12 Fairy Street, Hetton-le-Hole."
https://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=26048
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