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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bent's Hill Round Cairn Alternative Name: Crosby Garrett Fell Cairn ACountry: England
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County: Cumbria Type: Round Cairn
Nearest Town: Kirkby Stephen Nearest Village: Newbiggin-on-Lune
Map Ref: NY7060206780
Latitude: 54.455550N Longitude: 2.454948W
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3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
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 |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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Round Cairn in Cumbria. Bent's Hill Round Cairn, NW of the old Lime Kiln. Probable Neolithic round cairn with past excavation by Greenwell uncovering primary burials of the disarticulated remains of 3 adults, 7 adolescents and 2 children. The cairn measures 11m in diameter and 1.2m high. Mainly turf covered with only a few limestone and sandstone slabs visible. The hilltop cairn overlooks unusual outcrops of sandstone geology, emerging from beneath the upper limestone, near Bents Farm.
This cairn being one (A) of two cairns on Crosby Garrett Fell (A&B).
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