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<< Our Photo Pages >> Little Round Table - Henge in England in Cumbria

Submitted by stu on Tuesday, 10 August 2004  Page Views: 7025

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Little Round Table
Country: England County: Cumbria Type: Henge

Map Ref: NY52382817
Latitude: 54.646376N  Longitude: 2.739455W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Little Round Table
Little Round Table submitted by stu : NY5238 2817. 50m passed the Lowther Gatehouse on Earl Henry's Drive there is a section of fence 30m long immediately to the right of the road. On the other side of the fence is a shallow curving ditch, all that remains of the henge. A low outer bank is also meant to be present, but it was a little overgrown in June to definitely identify it. Looking at the pic you can make out the ditch by f... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Henge in Cumbria.
50m past the Lowther Gatehouse on Earl Henry's Drive there is a section of fence 30m long immediately to the right of the road.

On the other side of the fence is a shallow curving ditch, all that remains of the henge. A low outer bank is also meant to be present, but it was a little overgrown in June to definitely identify it.
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Re: Little Round Table by coldrum on Monday, 29 June 2009
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