Monument record MLI43525 - Tentative Bronze Age Bowl Barrow, Warren Farm, Welton le Wold

Summary

Cropmarks initially thought to be the remains of a Bronze Age bowl barrow. Now thought to more likely be of agricultural or geological origin.

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Full Description

Cropmarks of a probable Bronze Age bowl barrow, identified on aerial photographs examined as part of the National Mapping Programme. {1} The monument includes the buried remains of a Bronze Age bowl barrow adjacent to a Neolithic long barrow (see MLI43178), situated below the summit of a plateau above the source of the River Lud. Although the barrow mounds have been reduced by ploughing and cannot now be seen on the ground, they are visible from the air as cropmarks. The intervening area of ground between the two barrows, which will contain evidence of ritual activities associated with the construction and use of these barrows, is included in the scheduling. The bowl barrow is 60m east-north-east of the long barrow. The bowl barrow mound is 25m in diameter and is defined by a circular quarry ditch. For more details see scheduling document 29703. {2} More recent analysis of the aerial photography for this area has cast doubt on the existence of this barrow, with the cropmarks in this area now thought to more likely be of agricultural or geological origin. {3}

Sources/Archives (3)

  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. Lincolnshire National Mapping Programme. TF2586: LI.149.2.1.
  •  Scheduling Record: ENGLISH HERITAGE. 1997. SCHEDULING DOCUMENT 29703. MPP 22.
  •  Aerial Photograph: Aerial Photograph. PLE 2943/31 (26/01/1980).

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Location

Grid reference Centred TF 2586 8682 (33m by 32m) Estimated from Sources
Civil Parish WELTON LE WOLD, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Jan 23 2024 2:00PM

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