Monument record MLI60315 - Anwick Fen Barrow Cemetery
Summary
Probable Bronze Age barrow cemetery at Anwick Fen.
Type and Period (3)
- BARROW CEMETERY (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 801 BC)
- RING DITCH (Undated)
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 801 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
A round barrow cemetery, visible as soilmarks on vertical aerial photographs analysed in 1975. An earthwork survey of part of the cemetery was conducted by the South Lincolnshire Archaeological Unit in 1976. Up to 10 barrows were visible as slight earthworks and soilmarks, protruding through a layer of peat. The barrows are located on a ridge of sandy peat, adjacent to an extinct course of the River Slea. Another extinct watercourse (a tributary of the Slea) was visible to the north of the barrows.
Field walking undertaken on the site at the same time recovered a considerabel number of prehistoric flint artefacts, some of which may have been ploughed from burial deposits in the round barrows. These include a sherd of abraded pottery, missile heads (leaf-shaped and barbed and tanged arrowheads), knives and a chisel. {1}
This barrow cemetery may be associated with the Anwick-Kyme causeway (see PRN 62535). {2}
Cropmarks of further possible Bronze Age round barrows, to the north-east and south-west of the main cemetery, were identified on aerial photography, analysed as part of the Witham Valley National Mapping Programme. {3}
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SLI678 Article in Serial: Peter Chowne and Frances Healy. 1983. ‘Artefacts from a Prehistoric Cemetery and Settlement in Anwick Fen, Lincolnshire' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. vol.18, pp.37-46.
- <2> SLI8111 Article in Monograph: David Stocker and Paul Everson. 2003. ‘The Straight and Narrow Way: Fenland Causeways and the Conversion of the Landscape in the Witham Valley, Lincolnshire’, in The Cross Goes North: Processes of Conversion in Northern Europe, AD300-1300. pp.271-88.
- <3> SLI3613 Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. MONARCH.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 133 498 (569m by 602m) Estimated from sources |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | ANWICK, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (3)
- Related to: Possible cropmark enclosures or barrows, to the north east of Anwick Fen barrow cemetery (Monument) (MLI86039)
- Related to: Possible cropmark enclosures or barrows, to the north east of Anwick Fen barrow cemetery (Monument) (MLI86039)
- Related to: Prehistoric Artefacts, Anwick Fen (Monument) (MLI60316)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Survey: Earthwork Survey of Anwick Fen Barrow Cemetery (ELI507)
- Event - Survey: Field Walking on Anwick Fen Barrow Cemetery Field (ELI594)
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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