Monument record MLI42973 - Neolithic Long Barrow, Langton Grange

Summary

Cropmarks of a Neolithic long barrow, located 650m south of Langton Grange.

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Cropmarks of a probable Neolithic long barrow, located to the south-west of Spellow Hills. Visible as a regular curvilinear enclosure, defined by a single ditch with two straight sides, measuring 55m by 20m. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5} The buried remains of a Neolithic long barrow, located 80m above sea level, above the source of a tributary of the River Lymn, 650m south of Langton Grange Cottage. Although the barrow cannot be seen on the ground, it is clearly visible as a cropmark from the air as an elongated oblong enclosure. It is aligned on a north-east to south-west axis, and is defined by an infilled ditch measuring some 60m by 20m. The ditch has straight sides and curved ends and is thought to be unbroken by a causeway, representing a simpler form of this monument class. It is thought that the enclosure was a focus of mortuary activities including the exposure of human remains, and structures and deposits associated with these activities will survive as buried features. For the full description and the legal address of this scheduled monument please refer to the appropriate entry in the National Heritage List for England. {6}{7} This long barrow is situated at the head of a valley, on the south facing slope, at 85m above OD. It has a trapezoidal form with convex terminals, visible as cropmarks and soilmarks on aerial photographs. It measures 51m by 12m, tapering to 7m, and is aligned north-east to south-west, with the long axis traversing the contours. Field walking on this site revelaed no surface traces or finds. The lines of former ridge and furrow appear to run north to south across the field. Part of another, smaller enclosure, of unknown date and function but possibly related to this group protrudes from beneath the field track c.150m to the north-west. {8}{9} More recent analysis of the aerial photographic evidence recorded traces of a barrow mound, surrounded by an encircling ditched enclosure with straight sides and curved ends. The barrow is aligned north-east to south-west, with the ditched enclosure measuring 51m by 16m at the north-eastern end, tapering to 11m across at the south-western end. {10}

Sources/Archives (10)

  •  Aerial Photograph: 1945-84. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. AUC87-8 (15/04/1968).
  •  Aerial Photograph: Aerial Photograph. OS/68059 046 (14/04/1968).
  •  Aerial Photograph: Paul Everson. 1975-90. RCHM. 2940/30, 32; TF3971/12-17 (1980).
  •  Aerial Photograph: Aerial Photograph. NMR TF3972/23 (24/07/1995).
  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. Lincolnshire National Mapping Programme. TF3971: LI.26.1.1.
  •  Scheduling Record: ENGLISH HERITAGE. 1996. SCHEDULING DOCUMENT 27896. MPP 22.
  •  Website: Historic England (formerly English Heritage). 2011->. The National Heritage List for England. http://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/. 1013910.
  •  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, no.13.
  •  Index: Dilwyn Jones. 1998. Gazetteer of Neolithic Elongated Enclosures and Extant Long Barrows in (Historic) Lincolnshire. no.13.
  •  Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Card Index. TF 37 SE: 31.

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Grid reference Centred TF 3995 7195 (54m by 67m) Estimated from Sources
Civil Parish LANGTON BY SPILSBY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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