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Description: | POSSIBLE LONG BARROW/MORTUARY ENCLOSURE RECORDED BY RECCONNAISSANCE IN 1995. {1}
THIS LONG BARROW IS SITUATED ON A RIDGE TOP, BELOW THE CREST, OVERLOOKING THE HEAD OF A VALLEY OF A TRIBUTARY OF THE RIVER BAIN, ADJACENT TO THE BLUESTONE HEATH RIDGEWAY. IT IS ALIGNED SE-NW, AND THE LONG AXIS TRAVERSES THE CONTOURS. IT IS TRAPEZOIDAL, AND THE SIDE DITCHES PRODUCE A WIDER MARK THAN THE TERMINALS. {2}, LENGTH 62M, WIDTH 25M, HTM 145M
The long barrow is roughly trapezoidal in shape, measuring approximately 62m long by 28m wide. No causeway across the ditch is apparent, and this may indicate that the long barrow is an example of the simpler form which was not elaborated by the construction of a mound . Nevertheless , whilst some thickening of the side ditches suggests recutting, it is possible that this took place to give a low covering to the interior. {4} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 4000BC - 2351BC | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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