Site Event/Activity record ELI126 - Investigation of Five Round Barrows at Ponton Heath Barrow Cemetery

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 8920 3037 (479m by 90m) (Estimated from sources)
Civil Parish LITTLE PONTON AND STROXTON, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

Technique(s)

  • Archaeological Excavation

Organisation

Ministry of Works

Date

From 01 Apr 1959 to 31 Jul 1959 (between)

Map

Description

Five of the barrows at the Ponton Heath barrow cemetery were investigated in 1959, immediately prior to their destruction by ironstone quarrying works. {1}{2}{3}

External Links (0)

Sources/Archives (3)

  •  Article in Serial: D.F. Petch. 1961. ‘Archaeological Notes for 1959 and 1960’ in Lincolnshire Architectural and Archaeological Society Reports and Papers. vol.9, part.1, p.11.
  •  Unpublished Document: Greenfield, Ernest. 1959. Five Bronze Age Round Barrows at Ponton Heath, Stroxton, Lincolnshire. -.
  •  Article in Serial: Greenfield, Ernest. 1985. 'Five Bronze Age Round Barrows at Ponton Heath, Stroxton, Lincolnshire' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. vol.20, pp.35-44.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Ponton Heath Barrow Cemetery (Monument)

Record last edited

May 23 2017 1:54PM

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