Monument record MLI50448 - MULTI-PERIOD PREHISTORIC SITE AT SANDBRAES
Summary
MULTI-PERIOD PREHISTORIC SITE AT SANDBRAES
Type and Period (3)
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 801 BC)
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 801 BC)
- CREMATION (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 801 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Site of a round barrow destroyed in 1957 at TA 1068 0195 produced five burial urns each containing a cremation. Other finds from the area include flint scrapers, microliths, pigmy knives, blades, a late Palaeolithic (Magdalenian) handaxe; all found between 1957 and 1963. A flint borer was found on the surface at Sandbaes sandpit TA 1092 0188 in 1950. Possibly other finds of flint scrapers, microliths, Bronze Age pottery and burnt bone from the area centred TA 1073 0198. {1}{2}{3}
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SLI2430 Index: OS CARD INDEX. CAISTOR. TA 10 SW:5,1963, HARPER F R.
- <2> SLI2948 Index: SMR FILE. CAISTOR. TA 10 SW:AT, H,1979, TMA.
- <3> SLI501 Article in Serial: D.F. Petch. 1958. Lincolnshire Architectural and Archaeological Society Reports and Papers. VOL 7 PP92, 99.
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred TA 1065 0195 (131m by 72m) Centre |
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Civil Parish | CAISTOR, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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