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Name:BOWL BARROW 220 M SOUTH OF THE LIMES
HER Number:MLI34841
Type of record:Monument

Summary

BOWL BARROW 220 M SOUTH OF THE LIMES

Grid Reference:TF 118 346
Map Sheet:TF13SW
Parish:HORBLING, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

Full description

THE BARROW IS VISIBLE AS AN EARTHEN MOUND APPROXIMATELY 27 M IN DIAMETER AND STANDING ABOUT 2 M HIGH. THE MOUND IS ENCIRCLED BY A DITCH WHICH IS WATERLOGGED IN ITS LOWEST LEVELS. LATER CULTIVATION AROUND THE BARROW HAS CAUSED A BUILD UP OF SOIL ON THE NORTH AND EAST SIDE OF THE DITCH, FORMING A SLIGHT RIDGE WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THE SCHEDULING. THE FACT THAT THIS RIDGE IS RESPECTED BY THE LATER AGRICULTURAL USE OF THE AREA SHOWS THAT THE MOUND HAS REMINED A FEATURE IN THE LOCAL LANDSCAPE FOR SOME CONSIDERABLE TIME. THE SCHEDULING INCLUDES A 2 METRE BOUNDARY AROUND THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL FEATURES. THE FIELD BOUNDARY TO THE WEST AND ENCLOSURE FENCES ON THE EAST ARE EXCLUDED. {1} THERE IS A SECOND BARROW IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH WEST (SAM 21471; PRN 34842). THESE TWO MOUNDS MAY HAVE BEEN USED AS ARCHERY BUTTS AT A LATER DATE (SEE 32844; 32845).


<1> ENGLISH HERITAGE, 1994, SCHEDULING DOCUMENT 20810, MPP 22 (Scheduling Record). SLI4335.

<2> WENT, C., 1995, PARISH FILE, - (Photograph). SLI3843.

Monument Types

  • BOWL BARROW (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 801 BC)

Protected Status

  • Scheduled Monument

Sources and further reading

<1>Scheduling Record: ENGLISH HERITAGE. 1994. SCHEDULING DOCUMENT 20810. MPP 22.
<2>Photograph: WENT, C.. 1995. PARISH FILE. HORBLING. -.

Related records

MLI32844Related to: One of two mounds which may have been archery butts (Monument)
MLI32845Related to: One of two mounds which may have been archery butts (Monument)

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