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A ROUND, SOMEWHAT IRREGULAR MOUND 17 PACES ACROSS AND 2 FEET HIGH. PROBABLE BARROW BUT NOTE THE NAME BEACON HILL. THIS FEATURE IS A BEACON MOUND SUPERIMPOSED ON RIDGE AND FURROW PLOUGHING. THE REV. COLE NOTES 'BEACON HILL SOUTH HYKEHAM TOGETHER WITH HOUGH ON THE HILL, NEWARK, FORMED PART OF THE CHAIN BETWEEN BELVOIR AND LINCOLN WHICH WAS USED AT THE TIME OF THE ARMADA'. {1}
FORMERLY IN THE PARISH OF THORPE ON THE HILL, NOW IN AUBOURN, HADDINGTON AND SOUTH HYKEHAM PARISH. {2}, HEIGHT 0.4M, DIAMETER 12.5M, HTM 20M | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 2200BC - 801BC | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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