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Description: | PRN 50431
A ROMAN (OR ANGLIAN) ROUND BARROW, CONTAINING CINERARY URNS, BURNT BONES AND ASHES, RINGS, COMBS, AND BEADS, WAS DISCOVERED WHEN THE MAUSOLEUM WAS ERECTED IN BROCKLESBY PARK IN 1787. WHEREABOUTS OF THE FINDS IS NOT KNOWN. THE TUMULUS HAS BEEN COMPLETELY DESTROYED. {1}
TWO URNS CONTAINING BURNT BONES WERE FOUND. ONE ALSO CONTAINED A COMB. PROBABLY ANGLO-SAXON? (SEE NOTES BY ANDREW WHITE IN THE PARISH FILE). {2}
An archaeological survey was undertaken on lands forming part of the Brocklesby Estate, comprising field observation and rapid fieldwalking (on a non-collecting basis) and a desk-top assessment. This was done to appraise the archaeological resource of the estate as part of a wider Heritage Landscape Management Plan. The survey identified the ephemeral remains of a barrow mound, approximately 25m in diameter. The barrow, destroyed during the construction of the Mausoleum, has variously been described as Roman and/or Anglian in date, but the location is so striking that it would have almost certainly been used in the Bronze Age and probably other periods. {3} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 43 - 409 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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