Monument record MLI42926 - SITE OF BARROW, WEST OF HOME FARM
Summary
SITE OF BARROW, WEST OF HOME FARM
Type and Period (2)
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 801 BC)
- MOUND (Undated)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
Stukeley records a third barrow in the group at Revesby in 1776; to the north and outside the enclosure ditch. In October 1780, Sir Joseph Banks explored this barrow, but his account of it has never been published. He made an opening in the top and dug downwards meeting a very hard gravel, and finding in it some 'bitts of coal run almost to glass such as come out of the blacksmith's fires, and a small piece of unburnt coal, some lumps of granite, and a small stone flatted and coarsely moulded about one and a half inches in diameter of the granite kind, but differing from any species of granite that I have seen'. After penetrating some four feet, the men reached soil easier to dig. When they reached the original surface of the ground, they found 'the pieces of a small twig or switch not yet decayed'. Since 1780 this tumulus has been levelled. {1}
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SLI3892 Serial: ES. 1893. LINCOLNSHIRE NOTES AND QUERIES. VOL 3 PP145-7.
- <2> SLI2692 Index: OS CARD INDEX. REVESBY. TF 36 SW: 1,1964, SEAMAN B H.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 3028 6168 (47m by 47m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | REVESBY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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