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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Round Cairn at Raven Nest Howe, Seathwaite TarnCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.924 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cumbria Type: Ring Cairn
Nearest Town: Coniston Nearest Village: Seathwaite
Map Ref: SD257991
Latitude: 54.381951N Longitude: 3.145488W
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 |
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| 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 |
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Ring Cairn in Cumbria
Site of a possible round cairn (a roughly hemispherical mound constructed primarily of stones, normally containing or covering one or more human burials. The mound may be surrounded and partly retained by a low stone kerb) or a ring bank (circular enclosure featuring an enclosing bank with no accompanying ditch) of Prehistoric date.
Possible burial cairn or ring banked structure identified by Peter Rogers.
Source: Lake District National Park HER
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