Monument record MLI42186 - Earthwork Mounds, Candlesby

Summary

Two earthworks mounds on land to the east of Candlesby. Initially thought to be remains of prehistoric long barrows, but now thought to be post-medieval spoil heaps.

Type and Period (3)

  • (Former Type) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)
  • (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

Remains of two earthwork mounds on land to the east of Candlesby. The mounds were intially thought to be remains of prehistoric long barrows, but were later thought to more likely be spoil heaps from the digging of nearby post-medieval quarry pits and ponds. One of the mounds was levelled by modern ploughing, and no trace of earlier features or material was found. {1}{2}{3}{4} The interpretation of the mounds as long barrows has also been rejected by Dilwyn Jones during re-analysis of the aerial photographic evidence. {5}{6}{7}

Sources/Archives (7)

  •  Article in Serial: PHILLIPS, C.W.. 1934. PROCEEDINGS OF THE PREHISTORIC SOCIETY OF EAST ANGLIA. vol.7, p.423.
  •  Article in Serial: C.W. Phillips. 1935. 'The Present State of Archaeology in Lincolnshire: Part 2' in the Archaeological Journal. vol.91, pp.152, 163.
  •  Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 46 NE: E.
  •  Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Card Index. TF 46 NE: 1.
  •  Correspondence: Dilwyn Jones. 1996. Long Barrows in Lincolnshire Letter. -.
  •  Article in Serial: Dilwyn Jones. 1998. 'Long Barrows and Neolithic Elongated Enclosures in Lincolnshire: An Analysis of the Air Photographic Evidence' in Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. vol.64, pp.83-114.
  •  Index: Dilwyn Jones. 1998. Gazetteer of Neolithic Elongated Enclosures and Extant Long Barrows in (Historic) Lincolnshire. -.

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Location

Grid reference Centred TF 4592 6756 (154m by 48m) Estimated from Sources
Civil Parish CANDLESBY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Jan 20 2025 3:14PM

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