Site Event/Activity record ELI151 - Excavation of Anglo-Saxon Barrow, Caenby Hall

Location

Grid reference SK 9702 8896 (point) Estimated from Sources
Civil Parish CAENBY, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

Technique(s)

  • Archaeological Excavation

Organisation

Rev. Edwin G. Jarvis

Date

From 25 Sep 1849 to 18 Oct 1849 (intermittent)

Map

Description

The Anglo-Saxon burial mound at Caenby crossroads was excavated by Edwin Jarvis, rector of Hackthorn, in 1849. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}{6}{7}

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Sources/Archives (7)

  •  Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Card Index. SK 98 NE: 10.
  •  Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. SK 98 NE: K.
  •  Article in Serial: Rev. Edwin G. Jarvis. 1850. 'Account of the Discovery of Ornaments and Remains, Supposed to be of Danish Origin, in the Parish of Caenby, Lincolnshire' in the Archaeological Journal. vol.7, pp.36-44.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: British Museum. 1923. A Guide to the Anglo-Saxon and Foreign Teutonic Antiquities. pp.86-7.
  •  Article in Serial: C.W. Phillips. 1935. 'The Present State of Archaeology in Lincolnshire: Part 2' in the Archaeological Journal. vol.91, pp.143, 162.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Audrey Meaney. 1964. A Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites. p.152.
  •  Article in Monograph: Paul Everson. 1993. 'Pre-Viking Settlement in Lindsey' in Pre-Viking Lindsey. pp.94-8.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Anglo-Saxon Barrow, Caenby Hall (Monument)

Record last edited

Jan 16 2026 1:31PM

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