Monument record MLI126970 - Probable Neolithic Long Barrow, Top Buildings, Normanby le Wold
Summary
Remains of a probable Neolithic long barrow, to the north of Top Buildings, Normanby le Wold.
Type and Period (1)
- LONG BARROW (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
The remains of a probable Neolithic long barrow have been noted as cropmarks on aerial photographs taken of this area to the north of Top Buildings in 2000. The cropmarks show as a roughly rectilinear, ditched enclosure, measutring 42m by 22m and elongated along a north-north-west to south-south-east axis. A digital elevation model produced of the site from 2008 height data shows a very shallow, amorphous earthwork mound survives over the barrow, though this is much spread by ploughing. {1}{2}{3}
The long barrow at this location was scheduled in April 2024. The monument is visible largely as cropmarks, though slight earthwork remains of a central mound are present. It lies on moderately level ground at the east of the valley head. Archaeological remains will be preserved in the spread mound, on the buried ground surface and in the fills of the ditch. These will provide rare information concerning the dating and construction of the monument and the sequence of mortuary practices at the site. The same deposits may also retain environmental evidence illustrating the nature of the contemporary landscape in which the monument was set. {4}
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SLI89 Aerial Photograph: Aerial Photograph. NMR TF 1396/34 (17492/35(19/07/2000).
- <2> SLI89 Aerial Photograph: Aerial Photograph. NMR 17492/30 (19/07/2000).
- <3> SLI2344 Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Card Index. TF 19 NW: 95.
- <4> SLI13386 Website: Historic England (formerly English Heritage). 2011->. The National Heritage List for England. http://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/. 1489445.
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 1326 9674 (48m by 59m) Estimated from Sources |
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Civil Parish | NORMANBY LE WOLD, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
May 21 2024 12:31PM
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