Monument record MLI32844 - One of two mounds which may have been archery butts
Summary
One of two mounds which may have been archery butts
Type and Period (2)
- MOUND (Undated)
- ARCHERY BUTTS ? (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1200 AD to 1600 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Two large mounds lie one on each side of the Horbling-Billingborough Road. There is no tradition about them and it seems not impossible that they are butt mounds. 'A' TF11753469 diameter, 25 paces, height 4 foot 6 inches, very flattened; 'B' TF11793468 ditched slightly on north-east side, 27 paces across and 6 foot high, with flattened top. Both mounds carry clumps of elms (1964). Detail shown but not named on O.S. 25inch map of 1887. Not shown on OS 1824 map. {1}{2}
The mounds are grass covered. Without excavation classification not possible. {1}
The eastern mound had its top slightly levelled off in about 1980. {4}
These two mounds are now scheduled as bowl barrows. {5}
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SLI2568 Index: OS CARD INDEX. HORBLING. TF 13 SW:2,1965, DA.
- <2> SLI3674 Map: PHILLIPS, C.W.. 1930. OS 6 INCH SERIES. TF 13 SW.
- <3> SLI3095 Index: SMR FILE. HORBLING. TF 13 SW:B,1930, PHILLIPS, C.W..
- <4> SLI2132 Index: Parish card index of the former South Lincolnshire Archaeology Unit. BILLINGBOROUGH. -,1980, -.
- <5> SLI4333 Scheduling Record: ENGLISH HERITAGE. 1994. SCHEDULING DOCUMENT 20810 21471. MPP 20810 AND 21471.
Map
Location
Grid reference | TF 1179 3468 (point) |
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Civil Parish | HORBLING, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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