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<< Text Pages >> Buckbarrow Crag, Hare Raise, Burn Moor and Whitfell - Cairn in England in Cumbria

Submitted by Alphasmam on Sunday, 25 May 2014  Page Views: 3079

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Buckbarrow Crag, Hare Raise, Burn Moor and Whitfell Alternative Name: Buckbarrow and Guide Crag to Whitfell Cairn
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.536 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Cumbria Type: Cairn
 Nearest Village: Wabberthwaite
Map Ref: SD152911
Latitude: 54.308430N  Longitude: 3.304831W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 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.
2 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
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Cairn in Cumbria

We accessed these fells from the Corney Fell road at Grid Ref SD 150 899. The track is fairly straightforward but can be boggy following a wall which takes you to Little Paddy and Great Paddy Crags and then onto Buckbarrow and Guide Crags. Very rocky summits in a grassy moorland setting. Wild and empty but very atmospheric.
Buckbarrow Crag is Grid Ref SD152911 as indicated above but we went onto Hare Raise and Burn Moor before accessing Whitfell. Hare Raise Grid Ref SD147924 looked like a settlement although the circles were difficult to see with a fairly prominent pile of stones that seemed to be a cairn.
Burn Moor Grid Ref SD149925 was like Hare Raise another settlement with a cairn we think.
Whitfell and its Cairn GPS Ref SD14975 93303 was most impressive.We were amazed at all the work and man hours that prehistoric man must have put into building this remarkable and very large cairn.It is grand and other cairns we've seen would pale into insignificance if compared side by side. Whitfell must be a hugely significant mountain and the size of the edifice must say a lot about prominence in society of the person or persons buried there. The stones in the middle have been modified by walkers to form
a shelter.
The views from Whitfell, Buckbarrow and Burn Moor are amazing and breathtaking.Again the cairns are placed carefully it would seem with an eye for spectacle . We could even see the Isle of Man but the hazy weather wasn't kind to my photograph and it can be seen if you look really carefully in the sky on the horizon.
Just a thought...do any cairns, circles and settlements on the Isle of Man line up with Whitfell etc?
The photo of the ancient field patterns was taken from Buckbarrow summit looking east towards White How.

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Buckbarrow Crag, Hare Raise, Burn Moor and Whitfell
Buckbarrow Crag, Hare Raise, Burn Moor and Whitfell submitted by Alphasmam : We had a very wild and blustery day when we visited Buckbarrow and Whitfell. This is my response in textile art to the fantastic cairn on the summit of Whitfell. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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