Monument record MLI43177 - CROPMARK LONG BARROW
Summary
CROPMARK LONG BARROW
Type and Period (1)
- LONG BARROW (Early Neolithic to Late Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
POTENTIAL NEOLITHIC CROPMARK LONG BARROW. {1} THIS LONG BARROW IS LOCATED ON THE SLOPE OF AN EAST FACING ESCARPMENT, THE HEAD OF A DRY VALLEY, WITH ITS LONG AXIS RUNNING PARALLEL TO THE CONTOURS. FULL EXTENT NOT SHOWING; THE FEATURE COMPRISES ONE LONG STRAIGHT SIDE, WITH PART OF A PARALLEL RETURN AND A CONVEX TERMINAL. THE FEATURE SHOWS AS SOILMARKS. A SMALL CIRCULAR FEATURE, 8M D, LIES IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST (entered as Possible Bronze Age round barrow based on NMP interpretation - PRN 46423) . THE PARISH BOUNDARY BETWEEN CLAXBY AND SKENDLEBY RUNS PAST THE SITE, ALONG THE EDGE OF THE ESCARPMENT. {2}, HTM 65M
This probable long barrow to the north of Haugh Walk Plantation was assessed for scheduling by Historic England in April 2021. It was decided that the criteria for scheduling was not met in this instance, as the barrow could not be discerned on more recent aerial imagery, and the degree of its survival was unclear. Reassessment of the earlier aerial photography showed the feature as an elongated oval ditched enclosure, measuring 50m in length and 24m in width at its widest point. The end ditches were curved and measured around 1-2m in width. The space between the ditches, where a mound might have been, measured 47m by 10m and was slightly waisted at its mid-point. {5}{6}
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SLI3613 Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. Lincolnshire National Mapping Programme. TF4472:LI.113.5.1,1992, .
- <2> SLI2302 Index: Dilwyn Jones. 1998. Gazetteer of Neolithic Elongated Enclosures and Extant Long Barrows in (Historic) Lincolnshire. NO 10.
- <3> SLI145 Aerial Photograph: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1946-98. RCHME National Aerial Photograph Collection at Swindon. TF4472/4,1977, .
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 4400 7285 (73m by 101m) |
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Civil Parish | SKENDLEBY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 9 2025 1:40PM
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