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<< Text Pages >> Haweswater Cairns and Propped Stone - Cairn in England in Lancashire

Submitted by cumbrianlad on Friday, 30 April 2021  Page Views: 475

Date UncertainSite Name: Haweswater Cairns and Propped Stone
Country: 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:
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
3 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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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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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SD4776 : Footpath near Hawes Water by Adrian Taylor
by Adrian Taylor
©2023(licence)
SD4776 : Bark on sycamore tree by Ian Taylor
by Ian Taylor
©2016(licence)
SD4776 : Coring on the former lake bed at Hawes Water by Gary Rogers
by Gary Rogers
©2008(licence)
SD4776 : Sediment core from old lake bed by Gary Rogers
by Gary Rogers
©2008(licence)
SD4776 : Footpath Near Hawes Water by Tom Richardson
by Tom Richardson
©2009(licence)

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Article on the site by Anonymous on Sunday, 02 May 2021
An article written a few months ago about this site, is available here:

https://www.scribd.com/document/493722477/Possible-archaeological-remains-at-Haweswater-in-Lancashire

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