Monument record MLI43596 - Possible Anglo-Saxon Burial Ground, Cock Hill, Burgh le Marsh

Summary

Possible Anglo-Saxon burial ground at Cock Hill, Burgh le Marsh.

Type and Period (3)

  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 500 AD to 700 AD)
  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 500 AD to 700 AD)
  • (Post Medieval - 1700 AD? to 1800 AD?)

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Full Description

Possible early medieval burial ground, excavated by the Revd G. Swalwell in 1933. Swalwell believed the mound to have been enlarged in the post-medieval period for cock-fighting. The mound was found to contain an inhumation with an associated bronze buckle slide, dated to the late 6th or early 7th century. A number of microlith cores and flakes were also recovered. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}{6}{7} The disturbed nature of the deposits and the skeletal remains has, however, led to the suggestion that the mound was constructed in one phase in the post-medieval period (its first mention was in 1724), and that the earlier archaeological remains are re-deposited. {8}{9}

Sources/Archives (9)

  •  Map: Ordnance Survey. 1906. OS County Series six inch map 1906. paper. 1:10560. TF 46 NE.
  •  Article in Serial: C.W. Phillips. 1934. 'The Present State of Archaeology in Lincolnshire: Part 1' in the Archaeological Journal. vol.90, p.118.
  •  Article in Serial: C.W. Phillips. 1935. 'The Present State of Archaeology in Lincolnshire: Part 2' in the Archaeological Journal. vol.91, pp.112-3.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: MEANEY, A.. 1964. A Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites. p.152.
  •  Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Card Index. TF 46 NE: 13.
  •  Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 46 NE: J.
  •  Unpublished Document: Swalwell, G.H.. 1933. The Excavation of Cock Hill, Burgh le Marsh. passim.
  •  Article in Serial: A.J. White (ed.). 1977. 'Archaeology in Lincolnshire and South Humberside, 1976' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. vol.12, p.73.
  •  Artefact: City and County Museum Collection. LM 29.76, LM 137.76.

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Grid reference Centred TF 4993 6500 (32m by 32m) Estimated from sources
Civil Parish BURGH LE MARSH, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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