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| Name: | ANGLO SAXON CEMETERY, HALL HILL |
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| HER Number: | MLI43573 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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Summary
ANGLO SAXON CEMETERY, HALL HILL
| Grid Reference: | TF 356 639 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF36SE |
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| Parish: | WEST KEAL, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Full description
PARISH FILE INCLUDES A LIST OF 15 FUNERARY URNS. THE ANGLO-SAXON CEMETERY WAS REVEALED BY PLOUGHING IN APRIL 1954. THE SITE WAS EXCAVATED BY G V TAYLOR AND HE RECOVERED 4 ALMOST COMPLETE URNS, 2 SEMI- COMPLETE URNS AND MANY STAMPED SHERDS. {1}{2}{3}
GLASS BEADS AND POTTERY WERE FOUND IN 1930. DEEP PLOUGHING IN 1954 REVEALED PAGAN SAXON POTTERY SCATTERED OVER SOME 2 ACRES. TAYLOR RECOVERED 21 URNS WITH CREMATIONS. {4}, AREA 4.5H, LENGTH 250M, WIDTH 180M
Hall Hill is a prominent spur of land which might well be described in Old English as a 'hoh', which means 'projecting ridge of land'. The site lies on and adjacent to the parish boundary with Bolingbroke looking immediately down over the town to the north-west and might be an appropriate site for the wapentake to meet. There is place-name evidence in East Keal which suggests a route leading to a meeting place ('spelowgate'). However, there is no secure locational evidence to confirm this, so this remains conjectural. {6}
<1> HBMC, AM 7, SAM 308 (Scheduling Record). SLI4067.
<2> SMR FILE, TF 36 SE:S,1956, - (Index). SLI3373.
<3> City and County Museum Collection, LM 33.56 (Artefact). SLI8.
<4> OS CARD INDEX, TF 36 SE:1,1964, SEAMAN B H (Index). SLI2833.
<5> C.W. Phillips, 1934, 'The Present State of Archaeology in Lincolnshire: Part 1' in the Archaeological Journal, VOL90,PP115-8,120-1,124-5 (Article in Serial). SLI322.
<6> Aliki Pantos, 2000, Lincolnshire Assembly-Places, No 5 (Unpublished Document). SLI6302.
Monument Types
- BURIAL (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 550 AD?)
- CEMETERY (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 550 AD?)
- CREMATION (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 550 AD?)
Associated Finds
- URN (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 550 AD?)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Scheduling Record: HBMC. AM 7. SAM 308. |
| <2> | Index: SMR FILE. WEST KEAL. TF 36 SE:S,1956, -. |
| <3> | Artefact: City and County Museum Collection. LM 33.56. |
| <4> | Index: OS CARD INDEX. WEST KEAL. TF 36 SE:1,1964, SEAMAN B H. |
| <5> | Article in Serial: C.W. Phillips. 1934. 'The Present State of Archaeology in Lincolnshire: Part 1' in the Archaeological Journal. VOL90,PP115-8,120-1,124-5. |
| <6> | Unpublished Document: Aliki Pantos. 2000. Lincolnshire Assembly-Places. No 5. |
Related records
| MLI40902 | Related to: BRONZE AGE FINDS, WEST KEAL (Monument) |
| MLI40899 | Related to: CINERARY URN FOUND IN WEST KEAL (Find Spot) |
| MLI40906 | Related to: FRAGMENTS OF ABERCROMBY 'A' BEAKER, HALL HILL (Monument) |
| MLI40900 | Related to: MICROLITH SITE, HALL HILL (Monument) |
| MLI40901 | Related to: Microlith Site, Hall Hill, West Keal (Monument) |
| MLI40905 | Related to: NEOLITHIC FINDS, HALL HILL (Monument) |
| MLI40904 | Related to: ROMANO BRITISH FINDS, HALL HILL (Monument) |
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