<< Our Photo Pages >> Maiden's Bower (County Durham) - Round Cairn in England in County Durham
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Maiden's Bower (County Durham)Country: England County: County Durham Type: Round Cairn
Nearest Town: Durham
Map Ref: NZ26434271
Latitude: 54.778610N Longitude: 1.590622W
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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SolarMegalith visited on 1st Oct 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Maiden's Bower round cairn is located at the end of a narrow ridge. The mound is 1.5 m high, it has a flat top and a berm which is up to 3 m wide. In western part of the monument there are remains of a probable quarry ditch, now partly filled.
There is a public footpath running next to the cairn, it starts from Waddington Street. The area is covered with a forest.
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