Monument record MLI22003 - DITCHED MOUND - STEAM MILL LOT, CROWLAND
Summary
DITCHED MOUND - STEAM MILL LOT, CROWLAND
Type and Period (2)
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 801 BC)
- CREMATION (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC to 42 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
DITCHED MOUND, ABOUT 60FT WIDE AND 3 FT HIGH, STEAM MILL LOT, CROWLAND, EXCAVATED AND LEVELLED IN 1880. AN ABUNDANCE OF RUDE POTTERY FOUND IN DITCH. NEAR SIDES OF MOUND WERE SEVERAL CINERARY URNS, INCLUDING SOME OF ROMAN WARE. ONE URN OF NATIVE GAULTY CLAY, 10 INCHES ACROSS AND 8 INCHES HIGH AND SEALED WITH CLAY, CONTAINED BURNT BONES AND ASHES. LAYERS OF ASHES OCCURED IN THE MOUND. FLINT SPEARHEADS AND ARROWHEADS, BORERS, SCRAPERS, KNAPPERS, RUBBING STONES, BONE SEAL, BRONZE CELT AND AN IRON HAMMER-HEAD WERE FOUND (SITE OF FINDS NOT SPECIFIED). A GREAT QUANTITY OF CHIPPINGS WERE FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF A SHALLOW HOLE NEAR THE TUMULUS.{1}{2}{4}
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SLI2461 Index: OS CARD INDEX. CROWLAND. TF 20 NW:2 -.
- <2> SLI473 Article in Serial: CANHAM A S. 1891. JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. VOL 47 P 286-300.
- <3> SLI2980 Index: SMR FILE. CROWLAND. TF 20 NW:C -.
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 2557 1099 (200m by 250m) |
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Civil Parish | CROWLAND, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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