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Submitted by Anne T on Friday, 23 September 2016 Page Views: 2229

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Gaythorne Plain Round Cairns Alternative Name: Gaythorn Plain Round Cairns; Greenwell 180; Greenwell 181
Country: England County: Cumbria Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Appleby-in-Moreland Nearest Village: Crosby Ravensworth
Map Ref: NY64811193
Latitude: 54.501461N Longitude: 2.544895W
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3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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-1	Completely destroyed

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4	Short walk on a footpath
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1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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**Gaythorne Plain Round Cairns** submitted by Anne T : The stoney middle and some of the large outer stones of Greenwell 180 can be clearly seen. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cairns in Cumbria

Sited a couple of hundred yards to the west of Hollin Stump Cairn on Gaythorne (alt. spelling Gaythorn) Plain in Cumbria lie two round cairns within 100 metres of each other.

Marked on the OS map and sited at NY6481011930 (Greenwell 180) and NY6473011950 (Greenwell 181), the Archaeological Data Service records these cairns, but lists no detail apart from saying they are Bronze Age. Going to the original source book given on the ADS record (Greenwell: British Barrows - fortunately on the internet), Greenwell describes these as:

"Cairn 180: 25ft in diameter, 2ft high and had once been surrounded at the base by the circle of stones, four of which (one of them a granite boulder) still remained. At the centre, and laid upon the natural surface, were scattered and broken bones of the unburnt body of an adult, which had been discovered and displaced when the cairn had first been opened."

"Cairn 181: The second cairn was 34ft in diameter and 3 feet high; like the first, it had once had a circle of stones round the base. At a distance of 8.5ft south-east of the centre, and placed 1.75ft above the surface of the ground, was a cinerary urn containing the burnt remains of an adult, probably a woman."

Both cairns are marked by a tall wooden stake which allows them to be identified easily from the road.

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