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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Lea Green cairnCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.716 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Cairn
Map Ref: SD995663
Latitude: 54.092603N Longitude: 2.009138W
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| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
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A large turf covered stone cairn situated at the north end of Lea Green above Grassington. It is situated on top of a small natural hillock. When it was excavated around 1893 it was found to have two circular walls within it, the outer 12 metres in diameter, the inner 5 metres.
A central circular grave pit was found containing a crouched skeleton lying on its right side with a 7.5cm long bone awl. This burial is likely to have been of early Bronze Age date. Three apparently secondary burials were found around the central burial and have been assigned an Iron Age date although now this is subject to doubt. Finds from the excavation are in the collections of the Craven Museum.
Source: Yorkshire Dales HER
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