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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Yeavering Bell Stone CircleCountry: England County: Northumberland Type: Stone Circle
Map Ref: NT918270 Landranger Map Number: 74
Latitude: 55.536652N Longitude: 2.131481W
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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( 1) Northumberland County History NCH, 14, 1935 p 55 (Ed by M H Dodds)
( 2) History of the Berwickshire Naturalists Club, H Berwick N C, 19 1903-5 p 161, plan opp p 164 (Francis Lynn, FSA Scot).
English Heritage investigated the site 'briefly' in 2000and state it is the 'Alleged site of stone circle - unquestionably natural boulders and material resulting from field clearance.'
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