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)

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)

  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. HORBLING. TF 13 SW:2,1965, DA.
  •  Map: PHILLIPS, C.W.. 1930. OS 6 INCH SERIES. TF 13 SW.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. HORBLING. TF 13 SW:B,1930, PHILLIPS, C.W..
  •  Index: Parish card index of the former South Lincolnshire Archaeology Unit. BILLINGBOROUGH. -,1980, -.
  •  Scheduling Record: ENGLISH HERITAGE. 1994. SCHEDULING DOCUMENT 20810 21471. MPP 20810 AND 21471.

Map

Location

Grid reference TF 1179 3468 (point)
Civil Parish HORBLING, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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