<< Our Photo Pages >> Brown How Ring Cairn - Ring Cairn in England in Cumbria
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Brown How Ring CairnCountry: England County: Cumbria Type: Ring Cairn
Nearest Village: Thirlmere
Map Ref: NY3208017008
Latitude: 54.543754N Longitude: 3.051393W
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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Ring Cairn with low stone wall perched on the hillside above craggy outcrops overlooking Thirlmere. The hill slopes down from Whiteside and Brown Crag with a slight depression and then there is a slightly raised grass topped outcrop before the hillside falls away steeply towards Thirlmere. This is off the normal beaten path and I just happened to notice it while out wandering.
There is a pile of smaller rock with a large rock weighing at least a couple of tonnes perched on top of the small pile and this is surrounded by grass and on a raised area so couldn't possibly be a natural formation. See photos.
This site is perched between the summits of Helvellyn off to the South and Skiddaw off to the North. There is a commanding view up and down the Thirlmere valley and even Castlerigg off in the distance before Skiddaw. There is a small stone cairn, 30 metres(approx) to the North, made with half a dozen large rocks perched on a raised area which aligns between this site and Skiddaw.
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