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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Simonside Cairn 2Country: England County: Northumberland Type: Cairn
Nearest Village: Rothbury
Map Ref: NZ02409871
Latitude: 55.282517N Longitude: 1.963762W
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 |
| 0 | no data |
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Modern-Neolithic visited on 22nd May 2013 - their rating: Amb: 5 Access: 3
The western summit of Simonside (1408 feet above sea level) is surmounted by a large cairn. Two small modern cairns have been built from some of its stones. The cairn appears to be of some age but its purpose is not clear.
The cairn is one of two situated on the highest point of Simonside. Both are substantial curricks, but it is significant that a number of other cairns at lower levels in the vicinity yielded evidence of burials, whilst the only one comparable in size and situation to the two in question proved negative.
The cairn survives to a height in excess of 1m and has a diameter of 18m. The mound is constructed of large boulders; many of those on the surface have been re-arranged by walkers to form a modern marker cairn.
Source: NorthumberlandNationalParks
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