Monument record MLI43626 - RINGHOLT ROUND BARROW NW OF HOUSE FARM
Summary
ROUND BARROW NW OF HOUSE FARM
Type and Period (1)
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 801 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
RING HOLT BRONZE AGE EARTHWORK ROUND BARROW. {1}
RING HOLT IS A BRONZE AGE BOWL BARROW MOUND, WHICH WAS CONSTRUCTED AGAINST THE SUMMIT OF THE HILL, IS APPROXIMATELY 30M IN DIAMETER AND 1.5M HIGH, WITH A ROUNDED PROFILE AND A FLATTENED TOP. IT SI THOUGHT THAT THIS FLATTENING IS DUE TO ARABLE EROSION AND WEATHERING AND THAT THE MOUND MAY HAVE ORIGINALLY STOOD HIGHER, WHEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A NOTABLE FEATURE AGAINST THE SKYLINE. TRACES OF AN INFILLED DITCH ARE EVIDENT AROUND THE NORTHEN ARC OF THE MOUND. MATERIAL USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MOUND WOULD HAVE BEEN QUARRIED FROM THIS DITCH. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT THE BARROW HAS EVER BEEN EXCAVATED AND IT IS THOUGHT TO BE LARGELY INTACT. {2}, DIAMETER 25M, HTM 85M
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SLI4206 Scheduling Record: HBMC. AM 7. SAM 307.
- <2> SLI4331 Scheduling Record: ENGLISH HERITAGE. 1998. REVISED SCHEUDLING DOCUMENT 29704. MPP 23.
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Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 4031 7051 (48m by 58m) Estimated from Sources |
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Civil Parish | LANGTON BY SPILSBY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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