Monument record MLI50241 - Long Barrow, Kirmond Top, Tealby

Summary

Neolithic long barrow, 800m south-west of Kirmond Top, Tealby.

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The ploughed out remains of a Neolithic long barrow, 800m to the south-west of Kirmond Top. It is of trapezoidal form with tapering side ditches, and measures approximately 30m long by 15m wide. There are areas of disturbance along the flanks, including an irregular pit-like disturbance on the east, but the circuit is complete. The absence of a causeway across the ditch suggests that it is an example of the simpler form of the Lincolnshire Wolds long barrow. The long barrow is situated on a false crest, adjacent to the High Street ridgeway, overlooking the head of a dry valley on the east side of the River Rase valley. It is aligned on a south-east to north-west axis, with the long axis running parallel to the contours. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}{6}{7}{8} The long barrow south-west of Kirmond Top was first scheduled in 1998, and the scheduling was revised in 2019. The monument is one of a number of long barrows associated with the prehistoric trackway now formalised as High Street (B1225) which is situated 200m to the east. Although the monument cannot be seen from the ground it is visible on aerial photography as a cropmark (an area of enhanced crop growth caused by higher moisture levels retained by the fills of underlying archaeological features). The trapezoidal enclosure, defined by a ditch, measures a maximum of 38m long by a maximum of 19m wide overall. The in-filled and buried ditch is thought to be up to 5m in width, and its circuit is complete. {9}

Sources/Archives (9)

  •  Aerial Photograph: ST JOSEPH, J.K.S.. 1945-79. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. BZU 3-5 (1976).
  •  Aerial Photograph: Clyde Surveys Ltd. 1983. Clyde Surveys Ltd. 8308/1070, 1377.
  •  Aerial Photograph: Aerial Photograph. OS/72024 V 354 (21/03/1972).
  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. Lincolnshire National Mapping Programme. TF1790: LI.271.12.1.
  •  Article in Serial: Dilwyn Jones. 1988. 'Aerial Reconnaissance and Prehistoric and Romano-British Archaeology in Northern Lincolnshire - A Sample Survey' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. vol.23, pp.16-7.
  •  Article in Serial: Dilwyn Jones. 1998. 'Long Barrows and Neolithic Elongated Enclosures in Lincolnshire: An Analysis of the Air Photographic Evidence' in Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. vol.64, pp.83-114, no.38.
  •  Index: Dilwyn Jones. 1998. Gazetteer of Neolithic Elongated Enclosures and Extant Long Barrows in (Historic) Lincolnshire. no.38.
  •  Scheduling Record: ENGLISH HERITAGE. 1998. SCHEDULING DOCUMENT 29727. MPP 22.
  •  Website: Historic England (formerly English Heritage). 2011->. The National Heritage List for England. http://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/. 1017879.

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Grid reference Centred TF 1761 9051 (45m by 43m) Estimated from sources
Civil Parish TEALBY, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Jan 4 2024 10:38AM

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