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<< Text Pages >> Moor Divock 6, 7 and 8 - Cairn in England in Cumbria

Submitted by TheCaptain on Thursday, 15 February 2001  Page Views: 5468

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Moor Divock 6, 7 and 8 Alternative Name: Moordivock 6, 7, 8 and 9; Askham Fell 6, 7, 8 and 9
Country: England County: Cumbria Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Penrith  Nearest Village: Askham
Map Ref: NY49192226  Landranger Map Number: 90
Latitude: 54.592958N  Longitude: 2.787856W
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.
3 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
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TheCaptain couldn't find on 20th Sep 2022 Now much later than my explorations, I am looking at an old antiquarian article, "The Prehistoric Remains on Moordivock, near Ullswater. — By M. WAISTELL TAYLOR". I see that in approximately where the shake hole and gulley was, there are marked cairn circles MD6, MD7 and MD8. These are nowhere near where they were recorded on the megalithic portal, which I had been to look for at the end of my visit, right up near Heughscar Hill. Cairn MD6 is recorded as a ring of seven stones, 25 feet in diameter. Cairn MD7 is recorded as a double ring of five stones each, just 14 feet in diameter. Cairn MD8 is recorded as a ring of seven stones, just 9 feet in diameter.

In an old antiquarian paper, "The Prehistoric Remains on Moordivock, near Ullswater. — By M. WAISTELL TAYLOR" of 1985, there are three defined cairn circles Moor Divock 6, 7 and 8, all close together and associated with the Moor Divock Avenue.

Cairn 6 is recorded as a ring of seven stones, 25 feet in diameter, described by Waistell Taylor as a 'Single Stone Circle' (page 333, no. 6). He tells us: "The disposition of the stones in this circle is well marked, there are seven of them in all, three or four of which, adjacent to each other, are upright and fixed. The plan represents a symmetrically formed single circle of 25 feet in diameter, the boulders have been set up on the ground in regular order to each other; there is no evidence of any pavement or cairn structure here, and the sod within the area, gives no indication of having been opened or disturbed'.

Cairn 7 is recorded as a double ring of five stones each, just 14 feet in diameter. See Waistell Taylor's paper page 333, no. 7, described as a 'double stone circle'. He tells us: "This stands about 30 yards to the north-west of 6. It is safe to assume that this has been a double circle, but whether exactly concentric is difficult to ascertain,, seeing that a considerable segment of the outer ring is wanting, but there are still of this ring five stones remaining, some considerably sunk down however, and their position would indicate the diameter to have been about 14 feet. Within this space there are six stones pretty well in their places, which might in their places, which might have environed an inner ring of about 6 feet 10 inches in diameter. I do not find that this circle has ever been opened or examined."

Cairn 8 is recorded as a ring of seven stones, just 9 feet in diameter. See page 334, no 8 of Taylor Waistell's paper, which adds: "Situated about six paces to the north of no. 7, there is a single ring of stones, of which seven are prominent along the circumference, and three more may be discovered projected as hillocks on the sod. They form a very small single circle of only 9 feet in diameter, without any stony pavement."

None of these cairns is recorded on the Historic England site.
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Re: Moor Divock 6, 7, 8 and 9 by Anne T on Saturday, 11 February 2023
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Jamie Quartermaine, in his 1991 paper "Askham Fell Survey Catalogue" lists six cairns in and around the area described by Waistell Taylor. At some point in the future, I'll try and reconcile the grid reference points and descriptions he gives with the descriptions of the four cairns given by Waistell Taylor, and add additional information to the listing above. It may be that the cairns listed above will end up with their own site pages, due to the distance apart the cairns are. This exercise may take a few weeks, though, so apologies in advance!
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