<< Text Pages >> Haweswater Cairns and Propped Stone - Cairn in England in Lancashire
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Date UncertainSite Name: Haweswater Cairns and Propped StoneCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.139 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Lancashire Type: Cairn
Map Ref: SD479769
Latitude: 54.185213N Longitude: 2.799849W
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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Site of possible cairns along an associated embankment of small stones. Nearby into the woods there is what appears to be a propped stone. Site reported by Lana Shrimpton. Forestry appears to have taken place here and it's important that the site isn't disturbed.
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