Monument record MLI33177 - Human skeleton found in Morton

Summary

Human skeleton found in Morton

Type and Period (1)

  • (Middle Neolithic to Early Medieval/Dark Age - 3000 BC to 1065 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

The headmaster of Morton School found a skull and bones in 1964. The remains were in a deep plough furrow about 2 feet down, without any associated finds. They were sent to the British Museum and were those of an adult male perhaps of Neolithic or early Bronze Age date or possibly Anglo-Saxon. The skull is said to be in the Stoke Rochford Training College Museum. {1}

Sources/Archives (2)

  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. MORTON. TF 12 SE:17,1965, FH.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. MORTON. TF 12 SE:U,1983, DES.

Map

Location

Grid reference TF 1554 2473 (point)
Civil Parish MORTON, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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