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| Name: | SITE OF AN ANGLO-SAXON BARROW NORTHEAST OF CAENBY HALL |
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| HER Number: | MLI50430 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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Summary
SITE OF AN ANGLO-SAXON BARROW NORTHEAST OF CAENBY HALL
| Grid Reference: | SK 970 889 |
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| Map Sheet: | SK98NE |
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| Parish: | CAENBY, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Full description
AN ANGLO-SAXON BARROW, 340' IN CIRCUMFERENCE AND ABOUT 8' HIGH, EXCAVATED IN 1849. SKELETON, SWORD AND SHIELD OF PRINCELY BURIAL FOUND. THE SILVER MOUNTS OF THE SHIELD, DATING FROM THE EARLY C7, ARE IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. THIS TUMULUS IS TRACEABLE IN THE PLOUGH AT SK97068895. IT IS REDUCED IN HEIGHT TO 0.3M AND HAS A SCATTER OF LIMESTONE ON THE TOP. ITS PRECISE DIAMETER CAN NOW NO LONGER BE DETERMINED. {1}{2}{3}, HEIGHT 2.5M, DIAMETRE 32.4M, HTM 49M
<1> OS CARD INDEX, SK 98 NE:10,1964, SEAMAN B H (Index). SLI2429.
<2> SMR FILE, SK 98 NE:K - (Index). SLI2946.
<3> JARVIS, E.G., 1850, ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL, VOL 7 pp36-44 (Article in Serial). SLI316.
<4> Paul Everson, 1993, 'Pre-Viking Settlement in Lindsey' in Pre-Viking Lindsey, PP94-98 (Article in Monograph). SLI81.
Monument Types
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 600 AD to 699 AD)
- BURIAL (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 600 AD to 699 AD)
- ROUND BARROW (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 600 AD to 699 AD)
Associated Finds
- BUCKLE (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 600 AD to 699 AD)
- BUCKLE (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 600 AD to 699 AD)
Associated Events
- Excavation of Caenby barrow
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Index: OS CARD INDEX. CAENBY. SK 98 NE:10,1964, SEAMAN B H. |
| <2> | Index: SMR FILE. CAENBY. SK 98 NE:K -. |
| <3> | Article in Serial: JARVIS, E.G.. 1850. ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL. VOL 7 pp36-44. |
| <4> | Article in Monograph: Paul Everson. 1993. 'Pre-Viking Settlement in Lindsey' in Pre-Viking Lindsey. PP94-98. |
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