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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Giants Grave (Woodland) Alternative Name: Giants Grabe on some mapsCountry: England County: Cumbria Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Ulverston Nearest Village: Woodland
Map Ref: SD257879
Latitude: 54.281314N Longitude: 3.142694W
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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Giant's Grave (or sometimes written as Giant's Grabe but probably an error when map was done.)
It is right by the side of the fell road between A595 Gawthwaite Moss and Woodland, Subberthwaite Common. On the South Sheet of Map OS Explorer OL6.
It is in an area of cairns, ancient settlements like Heathwaite and Burney Fell and old enclosures. If you were to continue north from here you would be in the area of White Borran Cairns (I've already photographed these three) and more towards Coniston Old Man and the fells.
Giant's Grave is an oval shape surrounded by stones with a large stone at the North end.
Many travellers have visited the site and the cairn has had lot of graffiti carved into its stones with some initials and dates going back to the early 1700's and maybe earlier. I photographed the underside of a fallen stone to see if it was marked and it did have extensive carving on it but of what age it was hard to tell. The stones are covered with rouge coloured sheep dye as the sheep shelter here and under a very prominent stone next to the cairn. I felt that the other stones may have been a cist of some sort as it looks an obvious place for one.Maybe just my imagination.
It is a lovely area and quite quiet. Ideal for walkers but with car access for those who like their finds to be near the car!
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141m NW 314° Giants Grave (Cumbria)* Ring Cairn (SD256880)
606m W 279° Heathwaite Fell Ancient Village or Settlement (SD251880)
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1.4km SE 145° Heathwaite Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SD265867)
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4.8km SSW 205° Kirkby Hall Holy Well (Kirkby Ireleth) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SD2357083550)
4.9km S 186° Kirkby Moor Ringcairn* Round Cairn (SD25148299)
5.2km S 186° The Kirk Stone Row* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SD2509182770)
5.2km S 186° The Kirk Ring Cairn* Stone Circle (SD2507082693)
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7.2km N 7° Bleaberry Enclosure* Ancient Village or Settlement (SD267950)
7.4km E 83° Rusland* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SD33098867)
7.4km NNE 16° Hare Crags and Tranearth Beck* Artificial Mound (SD2792395001)
7.7km WNW 283° Thwaites Fell* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SD1824089813)
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