<< Our Photo Pages >> Copt Hill - Cairn in England in Tyne and Wear
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Copt HillCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.061 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Tyne and Wear Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Houghton le Spring Nearest Village: Colliery Row
Map Ref: NZ353492 Landranger Map Number: 88
Latitude: 54.836386N Longitude: 1.45194W
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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theaksy visited on 12th Jul 2023 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 4 One of the most ambient places I've been to, very Yeatsian with the beech trees.
durhamnature visited Copt Hill is City of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, not County Durham.
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