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Esclusham Mountain Cairn B

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NPRN155357
Map ReferenceSJ25SE
Grid ReferenceSJ2570050870
Unitary (Local) AuthorityWrexham
Old CountyDenbighshire
CommunityMinera
Type Of SiteCAIRN
PeriodBronze Age
Description
A heap of stones bearing the marks of fire, placed on a low circular platform (15 ft diameter) and surrounded by a ditch of recent origin. Site has been used as foundation for a Jubilee bonfire and has lost its prehistoric characteristics.
Based on CPAT SMR account. (D. Thomas, 23.09.2003)

OAN Site visit 2002/08/PJS. OAN field survey, located by GPS to an accuracy of +/- 1m. A severely truncated shallow ring ditch does surround this now almost earthfast cairn. The cairn rises some 0.4m above the surrounding ground surface and survives to a diameter of 8m. The surrounding ditch and bank has a diameter of approximately 20m and is 0.4m deep.
P. Schofield, OAN, 10.08.2002