Find Spot record MLI34000 - STONE COFFIN LIDS FROM CAREBY RIVER BRIDGE
Summary
STONE COFFIN LIDS FROM CAREBY RIVER BRIDGE
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
FOUR ALMOST COMPLETE COFFIN LIDS, ONE WITH CARVED DECORATION FOUND INCORPORATED IN CAREBY RIVER BRIDGE PARAPET. APPEARS THEY WERE INCORPORATED IN THE 1920s BY KETTLE'S BUILDERS FROM THE DEMOLISHED CHURCH AT AUNBY. {1} PROBABLY MADE OF LINCOLNSHIRE LIMESTONE (BARNACK). CARVED LID HAD SINGLE ROLL MOULDING DOWN ONE EDGE AND THE EDGE OF A DOUBLE OMEGA FORM OF CURLING ORNAMENT. SUGGESTS DATE NEARER 12TH CENTURY. {1} WHITE'S DIRECTORY FOR LINCS 1882 LIKELY REFERS TO THESE LIDS AS ' IN THE YEAR 1857 EXCAVATIONS WERE MADE IN THE STACK-YARD AND HOME CLOSE OF ONE OF THE FARMS OF AUNBY DMV ..... SEVERAL STONE COFFINS WERE FOUND, EACH CONTAINING SKELETONS IN A VERY PERFECT STATE'. {1}{2}{3} FROM 1990 THE COFFINS HAVE BEEN LOCATED AT THE EAST END OF CAREBY CHURCH.
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SLI5031 Verbal Communication: SMITH, J.. 1990. -.
- <2> SLI2436 Index: OS CARD INDEX. CAREBY, AUNBY AND HOLYWELL. TF 01 SW 6,1965, SEAMAN B H.
- <3> SLI1072 Bibliographic Reference: WILD, J.. 1871. HISTORY OF CASTLE BYTHAM. P129.
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Location
Grid reference | TF 0257 1648 (point) |
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Civil Parish | CAREBY AUNBY AND HOLYWELL, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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