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<< Our Photo Pages >> Colouring Crags Long Cairn - Long Barrow in England in Northumberland

Submitted by David on Thursday, 20 January 2022  Page Views: 751

Date UncertainSite Name: Colouring Crags Long Cairn Alternative Name: Big Daddy
Country: England County: Northumberland Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Alston  Nearest Village: Slaggyford
Map Ref: NY628527
Latitude: 54.867683N  Longitude: 2.581143W
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.
5 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.
1 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
4

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Colouring Crags Long Cairn
Colouring Crags Long Cairn submitted by David : The Colouring Crags grouse drive or beat is one of the best in the country and highly defended! Ted, the waller who built these very tidy shooting butts passed away peacefully in his chair, about twenty years ago. The butts are marked on the O.S. and are at one end of the mighty long cairn. This has never been visited by an archaeologist or enthusiast! (Vote or comment on this photo)
Possible long cairn in Northumberland. This is a huge pile of rocks and is completely unexplored by archaeologists. It has a satellite cairn and is near the shooting butts. As the butts are clearly marked on the map and the trackway to them distinct in aerial images these are the best way of finding the long cairn.

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Colouring Crags Long Cairn
Colouring Crags Long Cairn submitted by David : This is a small satellite cairn - the only one probably. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Colouring Crags Long Cairn
Colouring Crags Long Cairn submitted by David : The Colouring Crags Long Cairn from the distance. The amount of time and labour that has gone into this long cairn is phenomenal. It's never been paced out not properly photographed. The new horrible shooters roads make it easier to access the ancient monuments on these fells. This is part of a very large SSSI marking the northern limit of the English Pennine range of hills. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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