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A POSSIBLE LONG BARROW IDENTIFIED FROM A CROPMARK. {1}{2}
ALTHOUGH THE MONUMENT IS NOT VISIBLE ON THE GROUND IT HAS BEEN RECORDED ON AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS AS A SOILMARK REPRESENTING THE VALUABLE BURIED ARCHAEOLOGICAL DEPOSITS. THE CENTRAL AREA IS ROUGHLY RECTANGULAR IN PLAN WITH CONCAVE SIDES AND ROUNDED ENDS, AND MEASURES 50 M BY 30 M. THE MOUND WHICH WOULD HAVE COVERED THIS AREA HAS BEEN DEGRADED BY PLOUGHING AND IS THOUGHT TO BE OVERLAIN BY MEDIEVAL RIDGE AND FURROW CULTIVATION, BUT IT IS CONSIDERED THAT THE REMAINS OF PITS AND STRUCTURES ASSOCIATED WITH FUNERARY RITUALS CARRIED OUT BEFORE THE MOUND WAS BUILT, WILL SURVIVE AS ARCHAEOLOGICAL FEATURES BELOW THE PRESENT GROUND SURFACE. AP EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT THE MONUMENT WAS ENCIRCLED BY A SUBSTANTIAL DITCH BROKEN BY A CAUSEWAY TO THE NW. THIS DITCH FORM IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE ELABORATED TYPE OF LINCOLNSHIRE LONG BARROW WHICH BEGAN WITH THE DELINEATION OF AN ENCLOSURE SET ASIDE FOR MORTUARY ACTIVITIES. WHEN THE RITUALS ENACTED WITHIN THE ENCLOSURE WERE COMPLETED, IT WAS COVERED WITH A MOUND, THE MATERIAL FOR WHICH WAS QUARRIED FROM THE SURROUNDING DITCH. THE AP EVIDENCE SHOWS THICKENING OF THE SIDE DITCHES. THIS IS THOUGHT TO INDICATE THAT THEY WERE RECUT AT LEAST ONCE, AN ACTIVITY WHICH SUGGESTS THAT THE MONUMENT REMAINED A FOCUS OF ATTENTION FOR A LONG PERIOD AFTER IT WAS BUILT. THE BARROW IS ONE OF A LARGE NUMBER OF SIMILAR MONUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OTBY BECK TO THE WEST OF HIGH STREET WHICH ORIGINATED AS A PREHISTORIC TRACKWAY. FOR FULL DETAILS SEE SCHEDULING DOCUMENT 27873. {7}
THE LONG BARROW IS LOCATED ON THE SUMMIT OF THE MAIN WEST ESCARPMENT OF THE WOLDS, BELOW THE CREST OF THE RIDGE. IT IS ALIGNED NNW-SSE, AND ITS LONG AXIS RUNS PARALLEL TO THE CONTOURS. IT IS AN OVAL-SHAPED ENCLOSURE WITH A CAUSEWAYED ENTRANCE AT THE NORTH END. THE SIDE DITCHES ARE WIDER THAN TERMINALS TO PRODUCE A SLIGHTLY WAISTED APPEARANCE. A SHORT TRANSVERSE SECTION OF DITCH FLANKS THE ENTRANCE. THE ENCLOSURE IS OVERLAIN BY TRACES OF RIDGE AND FURROW CULTIVATION. FIELDWALKING PRODUCED NO SURFACE TRACES OR FINDS. {8}, LENGTH 60 M, WIDTH 40 M, HTM 160M | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 4000BC - 2351BC | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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