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Name: | Bronze Age Barrow cemetery south-east of Elms Farm, south of Sheepy |
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HER Ref: | MLE3183 |
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Parish: | Sheepy, Hinckley and Bosworth, Leicestershire |
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Grid Reference: | SK 329 002 |
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Map: | Coming soon |
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Monument Types
- BARROW CEMETERY (Bronze Age - 2500 BC? to 801 BC?)
Summary
Cropmarks of many ring ditches (12 or more recorded on aerial photographs) on low lying land representing a linear, valley bottom Bronze Age barrow cemetery. Various ditches/sections of pit alignments were also recorded.
Additional Information
Ring ditches associated with the cemetery are: MLE3193, MLE8536, MLE8537, MLE8538, MLE8539, MLE8540, MLE8541, MLE8575, MLE8576, MLE8577, MLE8578, MLE8579, MLE8580.
<1> Pickering, J & Hartley, R F, 1985, Past Worlds in a Landscape - Archaeological Cropmarks in Leicestershire, p26-7 (Bibliographic reference). SLE37.
At least five ring ditches, probably the remains of Bronze Age barrows, on low lying land. (RFH 13/10/86)
Sources
<1> | Bibliographic reference: Pickering, J & Hartley, R F. 1985. Past Worlds in a Landscape - Archaeological Cropmarks in Leicestershire. p26-7. |
Associated Finds
Designations
- SHINE: Barrow cemetery north of Ratcliffe Culey
Associated Images
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