Site Event/Activity record ELI208 - Giants' Hills 1 Long Barrow Excavation: 1933-4

Location

Grid reference TF 4287 7110 (point) Estimated from Sources
Civil Parish SKENDLEBY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

Technique(s)

  • Archaeological Excavation

Organisation

Phillips, C.W.

Date

From 01 Jan 1933 to 31 Dec 1934 (between)

Map

Description

The excavations at Giants' Hills 1 were carried out in the summers of 1933 and 1934, and took four months in all. In 1933 work was confined to an examination of the ditch on the upper side of the barrow, but in 1934 the barrow proper was completely excavated. {1}

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Sources/Archives (1)

  •  Article in Serial: C.W. Phillips. 1936. 'The Excavation of the Giants' Hills Long Barrow, Skendleby, Lincolnshire' in Archaeologia. vol.85, pp.37-106.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • Bronze Awl, Giants' Hills 1, Skendleby (Find Spot)
  • Giants' Hills 1 (Monument)

Record last edited

Feb 7 2025 9:03AM

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