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Burneside Earthwork
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Submitted byJohn Hanson
AddedJul 05 2003
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Description A raised cigar shaped 'earthwork' at Burneside Cumbria, close to the village.

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Andy B
(2003-07-06)
> No worries Andy. In your opinion, does the picture > I sent look like a Mound of some kind? Well yes, it's certainly a mound :-) but is it ancient? It looks a bit too regular. Square ended It could be something made by the Water board. > Do you know of any other confirmed Mound sites in this > part of Wales? You said it was in Cumbria? (NW England) If anyone knows they will leave a comment so check back in a few days. Cheers, Andy
karl
(2004-05-02)
Hi, the Mound in the pic is called "the ant hill", as far as i know (i could be wrong) it was built about 150 yrs ago, and is a river defence. In the photo, just to the left, there is a flood plain, every winter and spring it floods. I think it was put there when croppers altered the course of the kent. I live 100 ft from it, and i used to play on there when i was a kid, as a teenager i went over it with a metal detector and found a few coins with 1868 on them, so i would say they were from the workmen that built it. Hope this helps karl

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