Find Spot record MLI33164 - DRESSED STONE, CAR DYKE

Summary

DRESSED STONE, CAR DYKE

Type and Period (1)

  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

There was the discovery of a quantity of dressed and sculptured Barnack stones in that portion of Car Dyke passing through the parish of Morton. These stones were clearly intended for the construction or preparation of some ecclesiastical building, but seem to have been accidentally sunk in the Car Dyke, in whose bed they remained for several centuries. {1}{2}{3}

Sources/Archives (3)

  •  Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Card Index. TF 12 SW: 9.
  •  Article in Serial: C.W. Phillips. 1935. 'The Present State of Archaeology in Lincolnshire: Part 2' in the Archaeological Journal. vol.91, p.121.
  •  Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 12 NW: D, T.

Map

Location

Grid reference TF 111 240 (point) Centre
Civil Parish MORTON, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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