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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The Beacon (Cumbria) Alternative Name: KnapperthawCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.799 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cumbria Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Ulverston Nearest Village: Knapperthaw
Map Ref: SD28008423 Landranger Map Number: 96
Latitude: 54.248667N Longitude: 3.106491W
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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Near Knapperthaw Farm, below Beacon Hill 3 km (2 miles) NW of Greenodd 135 m above sea level (Another "Enclosure" on the OS Map).
For more information see Pastscape Monument NO 38613. An entry from 1889 reads: "Rather more than a quarter of a mile north of Knapperthaw, are the remains of a stone circle, which has been erected on a stony ring embankment or platform. On the northwest side of this still remain five stones (which have probably never been upright), of small size and in close order. No others remain, although the sites of some can still be traced. The extreme diameter of the ring is about 100 feet, but as it is about 9 feet wide, and as the only large stones that remain are upon its inner side, the diameter of the stone circle probably did not exceed 90 feet. There appears to be some vestiges of an inner chamber on the northwest, and on the southwest is an entrance or gap in the ring, probably ancient."
Further entries from 1969 and 1994 conclude this is a probable ring barrow or funerary enclosure/embanked stone circle in poor condition.
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