White raise round cairn Askham Fell

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White Raise is a large circular cairn on Divock Moor, about two miles west of the village of Helton in Cumbria , England , which, although damaged, is still two feet high and about eight feet in diameter. The Bronze Age cairn is located south of Heughscar Hills near the boulder "The Cop Stone" and the Pulpit Holes a Dolinengruppe .

The peculiarity of the cairn is near the center of the hill. It consists of an open, rectangular stone box made up of four stones , which is about 120 cm long, 50 cm wide and 40 cm deep. When it was opened, a crouched skeleton was found.

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Coordinates: 54 ° 35 ′ 39.1 ″  N , 2 ° 47 ′ 32.5 ″  W.

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