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<< Our Photo Pages >> King Stone Round Cairn - Cairn in England in Warwickshire

Submitted by coldrum on Monday, 05 December 2011  Page Views: 3209

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: King Stone Round Cairn
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 5.931 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Warwickshire Type: Cairn
 Nearest Village: Long Compton
Map Ref: SP2961430968
Latitude: 51.976394N  Longitude: 1.570275W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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
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KimIannucci visited on 1st Jan 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

ChristopherJones visited - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5 I had seen the stones, but did not realise it was a cairn.

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 4.5

King Stone Round Cairn
King Stone Round Cairn submitted by AngieLake : The King Stone viewed from near the brow of the hill to its north, and a cairn-like circle of stones that were possibly in the area of the tumulus mentioned in the legend. Unsure if these have always been in this position. The Kings Men are across the road behind the trees, to the far right of this view. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn in Warwickshire

From Pastscape (MONUMENT NO. 332802):
"An Early Bronze Age round cairn and a round barrow located close to the King Stone, one of the Rollright Stones group of monuments. The round cairn was discovered in 1982 during trenching of a long mound by the Oxford Archaeological Unit. The long mound had been presumed by some to be a Neolithic long barrow, but the excavations proved it to be natural. The cairn had been constructed on top of it, and measured 17 metres in diameter, its edge defined by a kerb of drystone walling. Several cremation deposits were found, with associated radiocarbon dates suggesting an Early Bronze Age origin. At the centre is a cist of large limestone slabs. This was located but not excavated. The round barrow is located at the west end of the long mound, and excavations showed a short length of ditch apparently separating the two features. However, the barrow was not surrounded by a ditch. The mound survived to less than 0.25 metres in height, and little structural evidence survived. Again several secondary cremations, one in a Collared Urn, and their radiocarbon dates pointed to the Early Bronze Age. Traces of a buried soil beneath the barrow contained a group of Mesolithic flints, including bladelets, microliths and an arrowhead."


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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SP2930 : Stone circle near the King Stone, Warwickshire by Brian Robert Marshall
by Brian Robert Marshall
©2007(licence)
SP2930 : King Stone, Rollright Stones by AJD
by AJD
©2017(licence)
SP2930 : The footpath to the King Stone by Steve Daniels
by Steve Daniels
©2009(licence)
SP2930 : King's Stone at Rollright - Long Compton, Warwickshire by Martin Richard Phelan
by Martin Richard Phelan
©2021(licence)
SP2930 : Stones near the King Stone by Derek Harper
by Derek Harper
©2023(licence)

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