Monument record MLI42077 - Mill Hill Quarry Bowl Barrow
Summary
Bronze Age bowl barrow at Mill Hill Quarry, Claxby St Andrew.
Type and Period (2)
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 801 BC)
- BURIAL (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 801 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
Bronze Age bowl barrow at Mill Hill Quarry (350m to the north-west of the Church of St Andrew), which survives as a substantial earthwork mound. Despite part disturbance by quarrying activities, the mound and the greater part of the buried quarry ditch remain largely intact. The monument lies to the east of both the Skendleby group of long barrows and the group of long barrows known as Deadmen's Graves, all of which are associated with the prehistoric ridgeway now formalised as the Bluestone Heath Road. The mound would originally have been a prominent feature in an open landscape, although post-medieval and 20th century quarrying for chalk has cut a long ravine, and the barrow now occupies an overhanging ledge on top of the north-eastern face of this ravine. The circular barrow mound is c.15.7m in diameter with a rounded profile and stands to a height of c.1.3m. Material for the mound would have been quarried from an encircling ditch and, although this is no longer visible, it is thought to survive around all but the south western arc where it has been disrupted by quarrying. Finds made during the working of the quarry in the 1920s when digging at the north eastern face partly undercut the mound, included a skeleton buried in a crouched position together with a Beaker type pot which was subsequently dated to c.1600 BC. It is recorded that an inquest was held and the skeleton later buried in Claxby churchyard by the Rev Beasley. The pot, broken in its fall down the quarry side, was preserved in the museum at Lincoln. It is thought that during the medieval period the barrow mound may have supported a windmill, a theory perpetuated by the barrow's name (see MLI126026). The barrow is scheduled. {1}{2}{3}{4}
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SLI2881 Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 47 SE: B, C.
- <2> SLI8 Artefact: City and County Museum Collection. LCNCC 1974.32.
- <3> SLI4457 Scheduling Record: ENGLISH HERITAGE. 1997. SCHEDULING DOCUMENT 27911. MPP 22.
- <4> SLI17079 Leaflet: Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust. 2000. Mill Hill Quarry. -.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 4503 7172 (26m by 26m) Estimated from Sources |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CLAXBY ST ANDREW, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Sep 26 2022 11:56AM
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