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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cliviger Law (Mereclough) Alternative Name: Cliviger Law House (Burnley); Law House (Mereclough)Country: England
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County: Lancashire Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Burnley Nearest Village: Mereclough
Map Ref: SD872302
Latitude: 53.767985N Longitude: 2.195668W
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 |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Cairn in Lancashire
The Law, Mereclough, Burnley, Lancashire page on The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) gives us a brief archaeology and history of this 'once proud tomb which stood upright on the slopes below the more prominent Cliviger Laithe tumulus above' and say that they've found 'what may be some traces of the outline of the cairn'.
Pastscape Monument No. 887165 has further information, which tells us: "(at) Cliviger Law House, circa 1763 a 'heap of stones (cairn) was removed as materials for a turnpike road' and a cist with an inhumation was found. In 1766 another tumulus was removed and an urn found. An axe hammer is said to have been associated. A Roman coin hoard [SD 83 SE 35] was discovered on or near a tumulus at Law House in 1695."
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