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Throwleigh East M Cairnfield Master

Database entries

OS Map: SX 65070 90010
OS Source: HER
Alternate name: Throwleigh East M
Short Name: CN:ThrowE M
Exist: Yes
Record: Duplicate
Record Source: HER
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Lidar: SX 65070 90010
Guide Map: 8
Nearest Bus Stop (Minor): Throwleigh Cross (2.5 km) [Route: 670]
Nearest Bus Stop (Major): Ramsley (3.2 km) [Route: 670,671,6A]
Nearby sites: SX 65070 90010

Notes

There are 11 clearance cairns in very close proximity to each other listed on the HER. This record has been added as a master record and hence set as a duplicate. See the individual records.

The original details are:

Throwleigh East 1: Possible cairn of 8.3 metres diameter by 1 metre high on the east slope of Kennon Hill with a central pit of 1.5 metres by 0.9 metres by 0.5 metres deep SX 6510 8983

Throwleigh East 2: Clearance cairn of 2.5 metres by 2.3 metres by 0.6 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill SX 6506 8999

Throwleigh East 3: Clearance cairn of 9.5 metres by 3.5 metres by 0.7 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill. May have originally been built as part of an agglomerated enclosure which was never completed. SX 6507 9000

Throwleigh East 4: Clearance cairn of 5.5 metres by 3 metres by 0.5 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill SX 6506 9002

Throwleigh East 5: Clearance cairn of 4 metres by 2 metres by 0.4 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill SX 6508 9002

Throwleigh East 6: Clearance cairn of 10 metres by 3 metres by 0.6 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill. May have originally been built as part of an agglomerated enclosure which was never completed. SX 6509 9002

Throwleigh East 7: Clearance cairn of 5 metres by 3 metres by 0.7 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill SX 6508 9004

Throwleigh East 8: Clearance cairn of 6 metres by 1.8 metres by 0.7 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill SX 6509 9004

Throwleigh East 9: Clearance cairn of 3 metres diameter by 0.5 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill SX 6505 9006

Throwleigh East 10: Clearance cairn of 13 metres by 4 metres by 0.7 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill. May have originally been built as part of an agglomerated enclosure which was never completed. SX 6506 9005

Throwleigh East 11: Clearance cairn of 16 metres by 4 metres by 0.9 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill. May have originally been built as part of an agglomerated enclosure which was never completed. SX 6508 9006

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