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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Sizergh Fell Round Cairn 2 Alternative Name: Sizergh Fell Tumulus 2Country: England
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County: Cumbria Type: Round Cairn
Nearest Town: Kendal Nearest Village: Levens
Map Ref: SD4952486868
Latitude: 54.274953N Longitude: 2.776646W
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 |
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| 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 |
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Site of a probable early Bronze Age Round cairn situated on Sizergh Fell to the south east of a large natural limestone knoll. Crouched inhumations of 4 adults and a child were found when the cairn was excavated in 1903 and later in 2002/5.
Cairn 2 occupies a prominent position on a limestone escarpment overlooking the River Kent valley to the south. It consists of an turfed over mound composed of limestone rubble measuring 16mx13m in plan and 0.5-1m high, with a discernible outer bank. The centre is a rubble hollow due to previous excavations.
The cairn is the largest and most visible of two cairns aligned on a due east-west bearing (see Sizergh Fell Cairn 1) and are demarcated by a Marker stone of Shap Blue Granite to the west of Cairn 1 (see Marker stone).
Cairn 2 is documented on Pastscape
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