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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Levens Park ring cairn 2Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.9 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cumbria Type: Ring Cairn
Nearest Town: Milnthorpe Nearest Village: Levens
Map Ref: SD5053385945
Latitude: 54.266758N Longitude: 2.761W
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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Historic England, Pastscape no. 1575246. Take a look there for dimensions, alignment, opinions, etc.
I was delighted to find this one. I'll even say "discover" perhaps, because I hadn't expected it, but a touch of optimism, intuition, and probability was all it took! (The probability I based on the proximity of the other well known cairn, and the surroundings, including the settlement and cairns at Sizergh (surprisingly only 1365m away), to the south the hillfort at Warton Crag, occasionally visible from the park the fort to the north at Castlesteads on The Helm, and other prehistoric locations in between.
Pastscape refers to this cairn as "An incomplete sub-circular earthwork, possibly a Bronze Age ring cairn". It feels real enough to me, and I noticed indications of recent activity by, I assumed, metal detectorists.
(After a visit to the better known cairn), stroll a little less than 300m south along the broad footpath from the small car park at 54.269092, -2.759151 and expect to see this cairn as a low mound on your left. Signposts ask you to stay on the path, but it was clear to me that short diversions are tolerated. If you do wander into the long grass in the park, I recommend you go in single file, and out and back by the same route.
A circular walking route can be completed mostly in the parkland on either side of the river, but it does include a short-ish dull section on tarmac. I advise against trying any shortcuts here.
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