Monument record MLI30017 - Possible Barrow north of Belvoir Road
Summary
Possible Barrow north of Belvoir Road
Type and Period (3)
- ROUND BARROW ? (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 801 BC)
- LONG BARROW ? (Early Neolithic to Late Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- MOUND (Undated)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Possible degraded barrow here.{1}
'Tumuli' at Denton. {2}
A large rectangular platform orientated north by north west to south by south east, average height 1m. Top tree planted and quite flat with slightly higher terrace at the northern end. The situation, in the corner of a cornfield, is not prominent. The soil is sandy clay. The dimensions suggest a possible long barrow, but classification as an antiquity at all must be very doubtful. Orientation is not unusual, absence of flanking ditches is common. Geological position favours classification. Survey 1: 2500. {3}
A cropmark mound was recorded from aerial photographs by the National Mapping Programme. {4}
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SLI2986 Index: SMR FILE. DENTON. SK 83 SE:H,1981, TMA.
- <2> SLI841 Bibliographic Reference: Camden, W.. 1806. Britannia (Gough's 2nd Edition). p.359.
- <3> SLI2467 Index: OS CARD INDEX. DENTON. SK 83 SE:4,1962, HARPER F.
- <4> SLI3613 Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. SK8633: LI729.6.1.
Map
Location
Grid reference | SK 8630 3300 (point) |
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Civil Parish | DENTON, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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