Maiden’s Bower

Maiden's Bower is a Bronze Age round cairn built in Flass Vale Nature Reserve, in , . It is a scheduled monument with a list entry number of 1008843.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: archaeological site in Durham, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Maiden’s Bower round cairn”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Durham Miners’ Hall and Durham railway station.

Community center
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Redhills is the Grade II listed headquarters building of the Durham Miners' Association in . Officially called Miners' New Hall, it is known as Redhills from its location on Redhills Lane in the City of Durham. is situated 800 feet southeast of Maiden’s Bower.

Railway station
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Durham is a railway station on the East Coast Main Line, which runs between and ; it is situated 14 miles 3 chains south of . is situated 1,900 feet east of Maiden’s Bower.

School
is a secondary school in . is situated 790 feet west of Maiden’s Bower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crossgate and Neville’s Cross.

Suburb
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is a small area of housing that sits above North Road but below the area of , in , England. It is predominantly occupied by students at Durham University who favour the area due to its proximity to the university departments in the and areas of the city.

Suburb
Neville's Cross is a place in the civil parish of the City of Durham, in , England. It is also a ward of with a population taken at the 2011 census of 9,940.

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is a city in in North East . The name is believed to derive from "Dun-holme", or hill-island, due to its location on a meander on the River Wear.

Maiden’s Bower

Latitude
54.77865° or 54° 46′ 43″ north
Longitude
-1.59051° or 1° 35′ 26″ west
Open location code
9C6WQCH5+FQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7367437691
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q17646041
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