Monument record MLI43719 - Bronze Age Bowl Barrow, Salmonby

Summary

Cropmarks of a Bronze Age bowl barrow, to the east of Salmonby.

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Full Description

Cropmarks of a Bronze Age round barrow, to the east of Salmonby. Visible as a circular ditched feature, measuring approximately 21m in diameter. {1}[2}[3}{4} The bowl barrow mound has been reduced by ploughing. It is defined by an infilled and buried circular ditch approximately 25m in diameter. Material used in the construction of the mound over the primary burial would have been quarried from this ditch. The bowl barrow lies about 70m to the north-west of a long barrow (see MLI43170), which is included in the scheduling, along with the intervening ground. {5} Geophysical survey conducted of this site in 2019 prompted an amendment to the scheduling for this monument to be made in April 2024. The scheduling now more accurately covers the remains of the bowl barrow, along with the adjacent Neolithic long barrow (see MLI43170). Although the barrows cannot be seen on the ground, their infilled and buried ditches are represented as crop marks visible from the air and have been recorded on aerial photographs. From the results of the geophysical survey, the round barrow ring ditch appears as a positive anomaly. Slightly more of the ring ditch is evident in the magnetic survey than mapped from the aerial data. The ring ditch appears to have a diameter of 23m with small spans where it becomes invisible or is physically absent to the north and south-west. Where the ditch is evident it is approximately 3m in width. Within the ring ditch are four isolated positive anomalies, and their location within a probable round barrow is suggestive of graves or cremation pits. Like the adjacent long barrow, no sign of a mound was visible in the magnetic data. Although the long barrow and bowl barrow 680m east-south-east of Manor House have been denuded by ploughing, rare and important archaeological deposits will be preserved in the buried ground surfaces and in the fills of the ditches. These will provide information concerning the dating and construction of the barrows and the sequence of mortuary practices at the site. The same deposits will also retain environmental evidence illustrating the nature of the landscape in which the barrows were set. The area of buried ground surface between the two barrows will retain evidence for ritual, funerary and constructional activities relating to the sites over a considerable length of time and may provide indications of the evolving nature of religious beliefs during this period. It is therefore included in the scheduling. The close association of these barrows demonstrates the continuing ritual significance of the location and has wider implications for the study of demography and settlement patterns from the Neolithic period into the Bronze Age. For the full description and the legal address of this scheduled monument please refer to the appropriate entry in the National Heritage List for England. {6}

Sources/Archives (5)

  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. Lincolnshire National Mapping Programme. TF3373: LI.76.3.1.
  •  Aerial Photograph: Paul Everson. 1975-90. RCHM. TF3373/7-10 (1977).
  •  Aerial Photograph: Paul Everson. 1975-90. RCHM. 2988/39A-42A (1977).
  •  Aerial Photograph: Paul Everson. 1975-90. RCHM. 5162/32 (30/07/1977).
  •  Scheduling Record: ENGLISH HERITAGE. 1998. SCHEDULING DOCUMENT 29701. MPP 22.

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Location

Grid reference Centred TF 3318 7321 (32m by 29m) Estimated from Sources
Civil Parish SALMONBY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Jun 18 2024 9:38AM

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