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CROPMARKS OF TWO ELONGATED OBLONG DITCHED FEATURES WITH STRAIGHT SIDES, ROUNDED ENDS AND TRACES OF INTERNAL FEATURES, SEEN ON PAUL EVERSON APs OF 1979. PROBABLY PLOUGHED-OUT LONG BARROWS. {1}
THE MONUMENT INCLUDES THE BURIED REMAINS OF TWO NEOLITHIC LONG BARROWS LOCATED ON THE WESTERN SLOPE OF A SPUR BETWEEN THE RIVER WARING AND A TRIBUTARY OF THE RIVER BAIN. THEY APPEAR AS RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE CROPMARKS ON APS. THE SOUTHERN BARROW MEASURES C.66M BY 30M AND IS ALIGNED SE-NW, WHILE THE OTHER IS C.42M BY 20M AND IS ALIGNED N-S. THESE ARE THOUGHT TO BE THE SIMPLER FORMS OF LONG BARROWS THAT OCCUR IN LINCOLNSHIRE. FOR FULL DETAILS SEE THE SCHEDULING DOCUMENT 27891. {2}
THEY BOTH OCCUPY A SLOPE POSITION, FACING WEST, OVERLOOKING THE HEAD OF THE WEST ASHBY BECK. THE SOUTHERLY ONE IS ALIGNED SE-NW, AND IS A TRAPEZIFORM ENCLOSURE WITH SLIGHTLY CONVEX TERMINALS. THE SOILMARKS SHOW A PROMINENT CHALKY SPREAD ON THE INTERIOR OF THE ENCLOSURE WHICH IS OVERLAIN BY LINES OF FORMER RIDGE AND FURROW. THE SECOND, MORE NORTHERLY ONE IS ALIGNED NNW-SSE, AND IS A SMALL OBLONG ENCLOSURE. BOTH OF THE LONG AXES RUN PARALLEL WITH THE CONTOURS. FIELDWALKING REVEALED NO SURFACE TRACES OR FINDS. {3}, HTM 90M | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 4000BC - 2351BC | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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