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White Lyne round cairn


Thos Broze Age round cairn is located in a remote area, about 4 miles NNW of Bewcastle. The cairn is a Scheduled Monument (legally protected).

Scheduled Monument (#1016396): White Lyne round cairn 60m NNW of confluence of Gate Grain and White Lyne

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Despite unrecorded limited disturbance to the centre of the monument, White Lyne round cairn survives reasonably well and will contain undisturbed archaeological deposits within the mound and upon the old landsurface beneath. The cairn lies close to other prehistoric monuments around Bewcastle, thus indicating the importance of this area in prehistoric times and the diversity of monument classes to be found here.

The monument includes White Lyne round cairn located 60m NNW of the confluence of Gate Grain and White Lyne. It includes a heather covered circular mound of stones measuring 7m in diameter and up to 0.8m high. Unrecorded disturbance at the centre of the cairn has revealed a rectangular flat stone slab measuring approximately 0.6m by 0.5m identified as the cist cover which would have originally covered a burial.

White Lyne Bronze Age Cairns Historic Buildings and Monuments in Bewcastle Civil Parish Scheduled Monument
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White Lyne round cairn 60m NNW of confluence of Gate Grain and White Lyne
- Round cairns are prehistoric funerary monuments dating to the Bronze Age (c.2000-700 BC). They were constructed as stone mounds covering single or multiple burials. These burials may be placed within …
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Geo / Heritage Meta Data

List grade: 1016396
Unitary Auth: Cumberland
County: Cumbria
Grid ref: NY5826081029

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