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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dane's Graves Alternative Name: Danes' Graves, Danes GravesCountry: England County: Yorkshire (East) Type: Barrow Cemetery
Map Ref: TA01806330
Latitude: 54.055610N Longitude: 0.446382W
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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SumDoood visited on 6th Apr 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 I have never been anywhere like this and found it to be one of the most excitingly odd places I have visited.
SumDoood visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4 Access: 3
It's assumed to be a chieftain and his charioteer who was presumably killed so as to accompany the chieftain.
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