Monument record MLI42746 - GIANTS HILLS III LONG BARROW CROPMARK
Summary
GIANTS HILLS III LONG BARROW CROPMARK
Type and Period (1)
- LONG BARROW (Early Neolithic to Late Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
PRN 42746
A POSSIBLE NEOLITHIC LONG BARROW IDENTIFIED FROM AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND POSSIBLY PART OF A GROUP AT GIANT HILLS, AND KNOWN AS GIANTS HILLS III. {1}
THE MONUMENT INCLUDES THE BURIED REMAINS OF A NEOLITHIC LONG BARROW SITUATED ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE VALLEY OF A TRIBUTARY OF THE RIVER LYMN, 750M NORTH WEST OF LODGE FARM, ON THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN TWO FIELDS. ALTHOUGH THE MONUMENT CANNOT BE SEEN ON THE GROUND IT IS VISIBLE AS A CROPMARK ON AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS. THE CROPMARK REPRESENTS THE BURIED REMAINS OF A WEDGE-SHAPED MORTUARY ENCLOSURE SOME 90 M BY 30 M, ALIGNED SE-NW, AND DEFINED BY AN INFILLED DITCH. THE DITCH HAS A ROUNDED SOUTH-EASTERN END AND THE NORTH-WESTERN END IS THOUGHT TO BE OPEN. THIS DITCH FORM IS CONSIDERED TO REPRESENT A PARTICULAR FORM OF LINCOLNSHIRE LONG BARROW, WHICH WOULD NOT HAVE HAD A LARGE EARTHEN MOUND, THE DITCH DELINEATED AN AREA SET ASIDE FOR FUNERARY ACTIVITIES WHICH SURVIVE AS BURIED FEATURES WITHIN THE ENCLOSURE. THE MONUMENT LIES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THREE OTHER LONG BARROWS WHICH TOGETHER FORM THE SKENDLEBY GROUP. THE BLUESTONE ROAD, WHICH IS THOUGHT TO HAVE ORIGINATED AS A PREHISTORIC RIDGEWAY, IS ALIGNED 150M TO THE NW-SE OF THE MONUMENT. ALL FENCES AND FENCE POSTS ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE SCHEDULING, ALTHOUGH THE GROUND BENEATH THEM IS INCLUDED. THERE IS A 5 M BOUNDARY AROUND THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL FEATURES, CONSIDERED TO BE ESSENTIAL FOR THE SUPPORT AND PRESERVATION OF THE MONUMENT. FOR FULL DETAILS SEE THE SCHEDULING DOCUMENT 27872. {2}
IT IS ALIGNED NW-SE ON A VALLEY LIP AT 75M OD, AND ITS LONG AXIS IS PARALLEL TO THE CONTOURS. FULL EXTENT OF FEATURE NOT SHOWING. IT COMPRISES A STRAIGHT LENGTH OF DITCH ON NORTH AND A CONVEX RETURN ON THE EAST. THE SOUTH END LIES IN THE ADJOINING FIELD IN AN AREA WHICH REPRESENTS A NEGATIVE LYNCHET, AND IS NOT DISTINGUISHABLE. THE WEST END IS PERHAPS OPEN, DETAILS UNCLEAR. THE PORTION VISIBLE SUGGESTS AN ENCLOSURE OF OBLONG FORM, RECORDED AS CROPMARKS. {4}
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SLI723 Article in Serial: Dilwyn Jones. 1988. 'Aerial Reconnaissance and Prehistoric and Romano-British Archaeology in Northern Lincolnshire - A Sample Survey' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. VOL23 P17.
- <2> SLI4435 Scheduling Record: ENGLISH HERITAGE. 1996. SCHEDULING DOCUMENT 27872. MPP 22.
- <3> SLI193 Aerial Photograph: 1946-98. RCHME. 2401/24-27,1986, .
- <4> SLI2302 Index: Dilwyn Jones. 1998. Gazetteer of Neolithic Elongated Enclosures and Extant Long Barrows in (Historic) Lincolnshire. NO 4.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 4277 7127 (90m by 79m) Estimated from Sources |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | ULCEBY WITH FORDINGTON, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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