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Description: | ROUND BARROW NEAR CAISTOR HIGH STREET, LEVELLED IN 1833. PROBABLY RANBY HOE. IT WAS SITUATED CLOSE TO HORNCASTLE AND CAISTOR ROAD WITH THE LEADING HALF TO GOULCEBY (POSSIBLY A LONG BARROW), MEASURING 29M IN DIAMETER 6.5M HIGH. ON ITS REMOVAL A LARGE SKELETON WAS FOUND. IN THE CENTRE OF MOUND A LARGE PAIR OF STAGS HORNS WERE FOUND, COVERED WITH A PILE OF STONES AND FLINTS.{1}
REV TROLLOPE, RECTOR OF LEASINGHAM. ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY OF THE DIOCESE OF LINCOLN NOTED THIS AS THE SITE AT RANBY HOE!{2} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 2200BC - 801BC | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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