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
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SLI3613 Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. 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 21 2021 8:35PM
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