Monument record MLI43187 - CROPMARK LONG BARROW/MORTUARY ENCLOSURE

Summary

CROPMARK LONG BARROW/MORTUARY ENCLOSURE

Type and Period (2)

  • (Early Neolithic to Late Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • (Early Neolithic to Late Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

POSSIBLE LONG BARROW/MORTUARY ENCLOSURE RECORDED BY RECONNAISSANCE IN 1995. {1} THIS HAS BEEN INTERPRETED AS A LONG BARROW. IT IS SITUATED ON THE TIP OF THE LOW SPUR AT THE HEAD OF THE VALLEY, BELOW THE RIDGE SUMMIT, WITH THE LONG AXIS TRAVERSING THE CONTOURS, AND IT ALIGNED NE-SW. IT IS A TRAPEZOIDAL, SPOON-SHAPED ENCLOSURE WITH CONVEX TERMINALS, RECORDED AS CROPMARKS. THE SPELLOW HILLS LONG BARROW LIES ON THE LOWER SLOPE, 120M TO THE SOUTH, AND ON A DIFFERENT ALIGNMENT. {2}

Sources/Archives (3)

  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. -,1995, .
  •  Index: Dilwyn Jones. 1998. Gazetteer of Neolithic Elongated Enclosures and Extant Long Barrows in (Historic) Lincolnshire. NO 12.
  •  Aerial Photograph: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1946-98. RCHME National Aerial Photograph Collection at Swindon. TF4072/21-23,1995, .

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 4013 7234 (44m by 54m)
Civil Parish LANGTON BY SPILSBY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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