<< Our Photo Pages >> Little Kinmond Cairn - Cairn in England in Cumbria
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Little Kinmond CairnCountry: England County: Cumbria Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Kirkby Stephen Nearest Village: Little Asby
Map Ref: NY66540899
Latitude: 54.475158N Longitude: 2.517848W
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 |
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| -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 |
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| 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 |
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Site of Little Kinmond Bronze Age Cairn officially recorded and previously excavated by W. Greenwell and listed as Pastscape Monument No. 13167.
Round cairn 630m ENE of Sunbiggin Farm. A partly turf-covered mound of limestone rubble 17.5m in diameter and up to 2m high. At the cairn's centre is an irregular hollow 0.5m deep containing the remains of a stone cist investigated during the 19th century. The remains of three burials were found either in the cist or in close proximity to it, together with a stone artefact, bones of ox and goat and a portion of deer antler; scheduled.
Part of the stone cist is clearly visible today, albeit partly moss covered!
The cairn commands a wide aspect to the south overlooking Sunbiggin/Ravenstondale and to the northern Howgill Fells.
Ref: William Greenwell 1877 British barrows: a record of the examination of sepulchral mounds in various parts of England - Westmorland - Orton
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