Monument record MLI50443 - Otby Top Barrow Cemetery, Walesby

Summary

Remains of at least six Bronze Age bowl and round barrows, on land at Otby Top, Walesby.

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Full Description

A Bronze Age barrow cemetery has been identified on land to the north of Otby Top Farm. The cemetery it thought to be comprised of the partially ploughed out remains of at least six former bowl and round barrows, some visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs, and others as soilmarks on the ground. The barrows were recorded as being located near the following rough grid references; TF 139 955, TF 139 954, TF 140 954, TF 141 953, TF 141 952, and TF 140 953. {1}{2}{3}{4} One of the Bronze Age barrows in the Otby Top Barrow Cemetery was subject to partial excavation in 1969. A single trial trench was excavated, which cut through part of the encircling ditch of the ploughed out barrow at TF 1397 9542. A number of Bronze Age waste flint flakes were recovered from the bottom of the plough soil, together with fragments of animal and human bones, and traces of wood ash and burnt clay. A number of redeposited Neolithic Grimston Ware pottery sherds were also recovered, suggesting the barrow was located on the site of earlier activity (see PRN 50232). {5} Two of the bowl barrows in the barrow cemetery were designated as a scheduled monument in 1999. They were included in the same scheduling with the buried remains of an adjacent long mortuary enclosure of the Neolithic period (see PRN 50233). {6}

Sources/Archives (6)

  •  Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 19 NW: 0, P, Q, R, S, Z.
  •  Aerial Photograph: HAYES, J.T. AND WILSON, P.. 1959-87. RCHM. Frames 1-16 (1970).
  •  Article in Monograph: Dilwyn Jones. 1989. 'Aerial Evidence from the Survey Area and its Environs' in Archaeology and Landscape Studies in North Lincolnshire. part.2, chapter.1, pp.6-7.
  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. Lincolnshire National Mapping Programme. TF1495: LI.244.7.2.
  •  Correspondence: City and County Museum. 1970. Correspondence Regarding Partial Excavation of a Bronze Age Barrow at Otby Top Barrow Cemetery, Walesby. -.
  •  Scheduling Record: English Heritage. 1999. Scheduling document 29748. MPP 22.

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Location

Grid reference Centred TF 1395 9541 (474m by 507m) Estimated from Sources
Civil Parish WALESBY, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Aug 15 2023 10:14AM

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