Monument record MLI43568 - Shearman's Wath Henge, West Ashby
Summary
Shearman's Wath Henge, 330m north of Thimbleby Mill, West Ashby.
Type and Period (2)
- HENGE (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
- RING DITCH (Undated)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
Cropmarks of a single ring ditch with a concentric ring of post holes or pits outside the ditch and with opposed entrances. {1}{2}
A class II henge lying about 150m east of the river Bain on the edge of the flood plain on glacial sands and gravels. The oval cropmark encloses an area about 25m in diameter and has a distinct, broad, entrance facing north-west. A smaller, less distinct entrance lies opposite; the cropmark is obscured here because a plough furrow crosses at a critical point. Further less prominent breaks in the ditch near the south-east entrance suggest a segmented ditch construction. The aerial photographs show no sign of a bank but the ditch is encircled by a series of pits, at least twenty-four in number; some of these are obscured by glacial markings, but they appear to be evenly spaced and do not respect the entrances. The pits may have accommodated wooden posts or, perhaps, upright stones but there are no visible remains on the ground as the monument is ploughed out. Fieldwalking in 1981 produced forty-one worked pieces of local glacial flint from the vicinity of the henge, identified by Peter Chowne as comprising thirty-two flakes, four cores, two horse-shoe scrapers, one side-ended scraper and two notched flakes. The collection would not be out of place within a late Neolithic or early Bronze Age context. {3}{4}
A retouched blade, side scraper or projectile point, probably Bronze Age was found in February 1990 during a site visit. {5}
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SLI4067 Scheduling Record: HBMC. AM 7. SAM 265.
- <2> SLI111 Aerial Photograph: ST JOSEPH, J.K.S.. 1945-79. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. BCG 82-84, 1970.
- <3> SLI769 Article in Serial: A.J. White (ed.). 1982. 'Archaeology in Lincolnshire, 1981' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. vol.17, pp.76-7.
- <4> SLI4319 Scheduling Record: ENGLISH HERITAGE. 1998. REVISED SCHEDULING DOCUMENT 29722. MPP 23.
- <5> SLI4895 Verbal Communication: S.J. Catney. 1994. Information from Steve Catney. -.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 2538 7168 (36m by 36m) Estimated from Sources |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WEST ASHBY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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