Monument record MLI50441 - Barrow Cemetery, Spridlington

Summary

Probable prehistoric barrow cemetery, to the west of Spridlington.

Type and Period (4)

  • (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC to 42 AD)
  • (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC to 42 AD)
  • ? (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC to 42 AD)
  • (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC to 42 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

Probable prehistoric barrow cemetery, to the west of Spridlington. This site covers several fields and has been noticed over a number of years on aerial photographs taken by the RCHME. The site comprises a large complex of cropmarks of at least 8 ring ditches or round barrows, both single and double-ditched, and of likely Bronze Age date. A number of pits have also been noted across the site, which occupies fields to both the north and south of Cliff Road. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}{6}{7}{8}{9}{10} The probable barrow cemetery was identified on aerial photography examined as part of the National Mapping Programme. The NMP recorded a number of single and double ditched ring features to both north and south of the road, with diameters varying from c.12m to c.42m. A possible square barrow was also noted, which could indicate a continuation of use of the cemetery into the Iron Age. {11} One of the barrows is visible as a cropmark on a more recent aerial photograph of 2011, as a circuit of ditch with a diameter of approximately 20m. {12}

Sources/Archives (12)

  •  Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. SK 98 SE: O.
  •  Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Card Index. SK 98 SE: 7.
  •  Article in Serial: J.B. Whitwell (ed.). 1967. 'Archaeological notes for 1966' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. vol.2, p.35.
  •  Article in Serial: Catherine M. Wilson. 1971. 'Archaeological notes, 1970' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. vol.6, p.14, fig.4.
  •  Aerial Photograph: HAYES, J.T. AND WILSON, P.. 1959-87. RCHM. (1970).
  •  Aerial Photograph: Paul Everson. 1975-90. RCHM. 5160/1-9 (1977).
  •  Aerial Photograph: Paul Everson. 1975-90. RCHM. 2959/16-20 (1979).
  •  Aerial Photograph: Paul Everson. 1975-90. RCHM. 2950/14 (1980).
  •  Aerial Photograph: Paul Everson. 1975-90. RCHM. 2947/26-7 (1980).
  •  Aerial Photograph: 1945-84. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. AFP34, AGC59-60, BZU39.
  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. SK9983: LI.37.4.1-9.
  •  Aerial Photograph: Aerial Photograph. NMR 28158/28 (14/06/2011).

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 9927 8386 (283m by 613m) Estimated from Sources
Civil Parish SPRIDLINGTON, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Jan 27 2023 12:46PM

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