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<< Our Photo Pages >> Tongue How Cairn - Ring Cairn in England in Cumbria

Submitted by Benly200 on Monday, 11 April 2022  Page Views: 6262

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tongue How Cairn
Country: England County: Cumbria Type: Ring Cairn
Nearest Town: Whitehaven  Nearest Village: Calder Bridge
Map Ref: NY070098  Landranger Map Number: 89
Latitude: 54.475006N  Longitude: 3.436678W
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.
4 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.
3 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
3

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Tongue How Cairn
Tongue How Cairn submitted by Benly200 : Tongue How Cairn, plus roundhouses (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ring cairn and settlements on this fell in Cumbria, there's lots to see, a fantastic area full of interest.
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Tongue How Cairn
Tongue How Cairn submitted by Benly200 : Ring cairn and settlements. Lots to see, a fantastic area full of interest. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tongue How Cairn
Tongue How Cairn submitted by Benly200 : A stone found in the jumble of stones making up the sides of what used to be a cairn. Has it been carved or is it just natural ? (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tongue How Cairn
Tongue How Cairn submitted by Benly200 : Another roundhouse and adjoined enclosure, associated with Tongue How. Located on the western slope it is quite hard to find, and hard to get a decent photograph. The enclosure is sunken in the centre and the walls are of a good width, neither of which show up in the picture, but are quite obvious on the ground. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tongue How Cairn
Tongue How Cairn submitted by Benly200 : Two cairns close together at the Eastern end of Tongue How, where there is a large cairn field and other features away from the settlement. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tongue How Cairn
Tongue How Cairn submitted by Benly200 : A cairn also on the Eastern side with a large stone at one end

Tongue How Cairn
Tongue How Cairn submitted by Benly200 : Another cairn with what appears to be a large central stone. Beneath this can be seen a void. Could be natural as well as man made, but is resting on smaller stones.

Tongue How Cairn
Tongue How Cairn submitted by Benly200 : A cairn with what appears to be a large central stone. The photo doesnt represent the size of this feature well.

Tongue How Cairn
Tongue How Cairn submitted by Benly200 : One of the many features on the Eastern edge of the Tongue How settlements

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 411m ESE 103° Tongue How Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (NY074097)
 947m NNE 13° Capelcrag Beck* Ring Cairn (NY07231072)
 1.1km SSE 164° Thornholme farm* Ancient Village or Settlement (NY0727008760)
 1.2km WNW 283° Friar's Well Barrow Cemetery (NY058101)
 2.0km NNW 337° Swarth Fell funerary cairn* Round Cairn (NY06241167)
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 3.3km ESE 122° Sampson's Bratfull* Long Barrow (NY098080)
 3.5km ESE 116° Stockdale Moor* Cairn (NY101082)
 4.3km NNW 346° Blakeley Raise* Stone Circle (NY06011403)
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 6.2km S 190° Gretigate C Stone Circle (NY058037)
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 6.3km S 191° Gretigate A Stone Circle (NY057036)
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 7.5km W 276° Egremont Stone Circle (NX995107)
 7.9km N 355° Lamplugh Stone Circle (NY065177)
 8.3km SSW 205° Grey Croft* Stone Circle (NY03340238)
 9.6km SSE 166° Irton Cross* Ancient Cross (NY0916000455)
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 10.0km WNW 288° St Bega's Well (St Bees) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NX9751413094)
 10.4km WNW 282° St Bee's Priory Crosses* Ancient Cross (NX9687212142)
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Re: Tongue How Cairn by Benly200 on Tuesday, 10 May 2022
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Short video of the cairn field next to the settlements

https://youtu.be/cnQSS5dYJv0
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Re: Tongue How Cairn by Benly200 on Monday, 18 April 2022
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Some drone footage and video of this site. well worth a visit.

https://youtu.be/msvB2nZAj78
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