Site Event/Activity record ELI208 - Giants' Hills I long barrow, 1933-34

Location

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

Technique(s)

  • Archaeological Excavation

Organisation

Phillips, C.W.

Date

From 01 Jan 1933 to 31 Dec 1934 (occasionally)

Map

Description

The excavations at Giants' Hills I 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: PHILLIPS, C.W.. 1936. 'The excavation of the Giants' Hills long barrow, Skendleby Lincolnshire' in Archaeologia. Vol 85, pp.37-106.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • Bronze awl found at Giants' Hills Long Barrow, Skendleby (Find Spot)
  • GIANTS HILLS I, LONG BARROW 575M NORTHWEST OF LODGE FARM (Monument)

Record last edited

Jul 5 2011 10:09AM

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