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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kirkcarrion Alternative Name: Carreg Caryn; Caryn's Castle; Kirk Arran
Country: England County: County Durham Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Middleton in Teesdale  Nearest Village: Mickleton
Map Ref: NY939238
Latitude: 54.609325N  Longitude: 2.095957W
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.
4 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
5

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SumDoood saw from a distance on 14th Jul 2017 You can park free in the old school yard next to the bridge over the Tees, and follow the Pennine Way until you choose to divert towards the site. I know this because a helpful woman in the community bookshop told me (but she did say it's a Saxon burial site). The tourist info office is open only a few hours a week. Both places are staffed by volunteers.

Round Barrow in County Durham

County site number D3105.
One of Durham's most scenic Bronze Age sites, on the skyline of Lunedale and Tessdale. The barrow was excavated in 1804, and was found to hold a stone-lined grave with a cremation in a pot. The barrow was partially flattened in the process, but was then partially repaired, planted with pine trees and surrounded by a dry stone wall by the landowner. The tree-covered mound is visible from across Lunedale and Teesdale.
The name is said to derive from the burial, of a local chieftain called Caryn, with the original name of the site being Carreg Caryn.

The Journal of Antiquities features a page for Kirkcarrion, Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham, which gives directions on how to reach this barrow, together with a description, local folklore and a photograph. Whilst the site is marked on the HE map as Kirkcarrion, there is no scheduling information, but the tumulus is recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 17772, which says the urn was originally kept at Streatlam but is now lost. A reference from 1905 says: "Cist stones are built into Crossthwaite pasture wall" although a later entry says: "The removed stone content of the cairn lies 4m to the south". The Pastscape entry only gives a 6 digit grid reference.
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NY9323 : Kirkcarrion from the west by Andrew Curtis
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NY9323 : Kirkcarrion by Ben Gamble
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NY9323 : Kirkcarrion from the Pennine Way by Trevor Littlewood
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NY9323 : A view of Kirkcarrion by Neil Theasby
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NY9323 : Kirk Carrion by Rebecca Beeston
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Re: Kirkcarrion / Carreg Caryn by Anonymous on Wednesday, 22 May 2013
I am very surprised that this place is not known by many people, for example: walkers, historians, spiritualists, druids, even locals. I am from south Co: Durham and first heard and visited the place back in 1997, not visiting again until 2011. Between those times I had traveled extensively around the World yet this place always stayed with me and my brief visit had impressed me more than other places that are on the so called tourist's "must see's" on the planet. In a way this makes me happy as I would hate to think that it would be covered with day trippers and sightseers, it is a well kept secret for those who have the fortune to come across it. However, I have been there only two times since 1997 since my return to the UK and always alone (well, with my dog too!) The second time I appreciated it's history as by then I had done some research but the third time was very strange. I want to add a link to another website, a very experienced walker (one of the few mentions in any depth of the place on the internet) : http://northernpies.blogspot.co.uk/2012_12_01_archive.html
I want to stress and clarify something though, before I make my next statement. I am NOT superstitious, I hold on to no religion and am very much an advocate for reason and logic......and yet on my third visit, I felt as though I was going against my natural instinct (very difficult to explain) and went into the stone circle, although very much with the strong feeling that I shouldn't.....within walking a couple of meters I came across a circle of small stones with what was certainly a burnt out fire, in this fire were burnt twigs/heather/flowers/herbs (I still have no idea what it was) and also bones. I know instantly from picking up the skull of one of them that it was a rats skull. Anyway, as I am not superstitious and believing this to be some group of teenagers doing (overdosing on Buffy the Vampire Slayer!) I made my way to the actual cairn in the middle - the supposed burial site in the middle of the copse of trees. Just as the writer of the above website link I posted above, I too did not feel safe or secure within those trees. I left very quickly and took only a few pictures, all of which also did not come out very well (lighting, shade maybe?) I realise I am the first to post here, I never usually post or comment on anything online but for this place - Kirkcarrion - I felt I had to state my experience of the place. I honestly can't say exactly how I feel, except, for anyone who chooses to make the effort to visit I would say keep an open mind and do not stay too long.....please respect this place, I would even go so far as to say don't go within it's walls, enjoy the surrounding beauty, the ascent and descent from the place and the beautiful wildlife, show your respects to an ancient Prince....and as an old American Indian poem has said:

When I am dead
Cry for me a little
Think of me sometimes
But not too much.
Think of me now and again
As I was in life
At some moments it's pleasant to recall
But not for long.
Leave me in peace
And I shall leave you in peace
And while you live
Let your thoughts be with the living.

Many thanks
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