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cairn, Daleraven
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locality:-   Daleraven
locality:-   Old Parks
civil parish:-   Kirkoswald (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   cairn
locality type:-   burial mound
coordinates:-   NY56993988
1Km square:-   NY5639
10Km square:-   NY53

notes:-  
The burial mound was used for road metal by Cumberland CC, 1892 onwards. Various finds were made - incense cup, urn, burnt bone, etc. There were cup and ring marked stones in the kerb; three of these are in Tullie House Museum.

Becckensall, Stan: 2002: Prehistoric Rock Art in Cumbria: Tempus Publishing (Stroud, Gloucestershire)

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