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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Round Hill, Birkett Common Round Cairns Alternative Name: Round Hill Cairn (A)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.7 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cumbria Type: Round Cairn
Nearest Town: Kirkby Stephen Nearest Village: Nateby
Map Ref: NY7764004444
Latitude: 54.434917N Longitude: 2.346218W
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 |
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Round Cairn in Cumbria. A group of three cairns, situated at the base of Round Hill, next to the south bank of the River Eden flowing out of Mallerstang Valley. The largest of the round cairns (A) is the most prominent, partly due to its large size (diameter 21m, 1.5-2.5m high) and construction.
Cairn A is a partly turf covered flat topped mound backing onto the River Eden and is covered in many water worn river cobbles (similar riverine cobbles are seen in the construction of Mayburgh Henge,Penrith ~ maybe symbolic)
A central depression on Cairn A (4.5m wide, 1.2m deep) in which past excavation by Greenwell revealed the burnt bones of a child, is surrounded by a low circular bank dissected by a single entrance threshold at 20degrees North. This clear entrance aligns with a single large limestone boulder 80m south of the cairn, at the foot of Round Hill.
Two more small turf covered cairns (B&C) lie 40-60m south of Cairn A. Cairn (B) (centred NY 7766 0441) is 7.5m in diameter and has a slightly stony central pit, 2.5m in diameter and 0.4m deep. Cairn (C) (centred NY 7768 0441) is situated on the edge of a low SE -facing scarp. It is 7.5m by 6.5m and has a shallow central pit 1.8m in diameter.
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