Monument record MLI43626 - RINGHOLT ROUND BARROW NW OF HOUSE FARM

Summary

ROUND BARROW NW OF HOUSE FARM

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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)

  •  Scheduling Record: HBMC. AM 7. SAM 307.
  •  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
Civil Parish LANGTON BY SPILSBY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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