<< Our Photo Pages >> Holmside, Burnhope - Cairn in England in County Durham
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Holmside, Burnhope Alternative Name: Gardner's CropCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 2.342 km away from the location you searched for.
County: County Durham Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Burnhope Nearest Village: South Moor
Map Ref: NZ196494
Latitude: 54.839040N Longitude: 1.696354W
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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Cairn in County Durham. This site has been redesignated as a cairn and not a circle. It is probably just a pile of stones from field clearance, but it may be ancient. Anyone who is unhappy with this decision will need to provide evidence that it is a prehistoric site.
Stone crop at Holmside near Burnhope, Durham, England.
Local legend has it as being ancient burial site. My Great Grandfather knew it as "Gardner's Crop".
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