Monument record MLI43170 - Probable Neolithic Long Barrow, Salmonby

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Cropmarks of a probable Neolithic long barrow, to the east of Salmonby.

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Cropmarks of a probable Neolithic long barrow, to the east of Salmonby. Visible as a ditched oval enclosure, measuring 50m by 20m. Identified on aerial photography examined as part of the National Mapping Programme. {1}{2}{3}{4} This long barrow is situated on a false crest, on the neck of a flat-topped spur at the confluence of a tributary stream with the River Lymn. It is aligned north-west to south-east with the long axis running parallel to the contours. It takes the form of an elongated, oval-shaped enclosure, with a straighter northern terminal and more convex southern terminal. Field walking of the site in 1991 revealed no surface traces of the barrow, but did note possible early Neolithic flint cores in the vicinity. Eartlier field walking has also found other prehistoric worked flints and pottery sherds in the surrounding field (see MLI42743). {5}{6} The long barrow appears in aerial photographs as an elongated enclosure orientated north-west to south-east, and defined by an infilled and buried encircling ditch. The ditch is unbroken by a causeway, a form characteristic of the simpler type of Lincolnshire Wolds long barrow which is thought not to have had a mound. The long barrow lies about 70m to the south-east of a bowl barrow (see MLI43719), which is included in the scheduling, along with the intervening ground. {7}

Sources/Archives (7)

  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. Lincolnshire National Mapping Programme. TF3373: LI.76.4.1.
  •  Aerial Photograph: Paul Everson. 1975-90. RCHM. TF3373/7-10 (1977).
  •  Aerial Photograph: Paul Everson. 1975-90. RCHM. 2988/39A-42A (1977).
  •  Aerial Photograph: Paul Everson. 1975-90. RCHM. 5162/32 (30/07/1977).
  •  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.16.
  •  Index: Dilwyn Jones. 1998. Gazetteer of Neolithic Elongated Enclosures and Extant Long Barrows in (Historic) Lincolnshire. no.16.
  •  Scheduling Record: ENGLISH HERITAGE. 1998. SCHEDULING DOCUMENT 29701. MPP 22.

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Grid reference Centred TF 3320 7317 (47m by 52m) Estimated from Sources
Civil Parish SALMONBY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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