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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Woodhead Round Cairn Alternative Name: Woodhead Cairn and Hut Circle; Askerton Round CairnCountry: England County: Cumbria Type: Round Cairn
Nearest Town: Carlisle Nearest Village: Bewcastle
Map Ref: NY58507402
Latitude: 55.058917N Longitude: 2.65123W
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 |
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| 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 |
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This round cairn and hut circle lie within about 20 metres of each other on a gently sloping hillside, 800 metres east of Woodhead, above Green's Burn, about 100 metres east of the Natural England footpath through this area.
Listed as Historic England Entry 1015729, the round cairn is clearly visible as a 1 metre tall oval mound of turf covered stones on the slope on the far side of the burn from the footpath. The Historic England entry tells us the mound is some 6m north-south by 5.5m east-west.
Just to the north of the cairn lies a hut circle, also with foundation walls up to 1 metre tall. It lies mostly hidden in grass until you come across it amongst the tussocks of grass, when it's structure becomes clear. The Historic England entry says that on it's northern side "the hut's floor has been cut into the hillside, to form a flat living surface. There is an entrance on the south west side of the hut .... Limited excavation of the hut circle in 1939 found a hearthstone to the right of the entrance and two shallow holes cut into the floor of the hut. These are thought to have contained poles supporting a roof of skins. Other finds included a stone button, a stone ring, and a flint flake."
Nearby are the remains of a well preserved lime kiln, together other hut circles and shielings. Lying close to St. Cuthbert's at Bewcastle with it's famous cross, parking is available just off the road at NY 56569 74287. Follow the right hand trackway signposted to The Bush and High Grains (this is a Natural England permissive footpath). Just after Rigghead and Woodhead farms, turn right by the sheep pens/caravan and follow the track through a small forested area. The path then splits - right to a modern quarry; left past the lime kilns and some impressive shakeholes. Where the footpath then turns a sharp left, follow the track downhill for some 100 yards then head off right across the burn (easily crossed at this point). The round cairn is some 20-30 metres up this slope, with the hut circle some 10 metres north.
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