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Name:ANGLO-SAXON BURIAL IN ASH HILL LONG BARROW
HER Number:MLI52926
Type of record:Monument

Summary

ANGLO-SAXON BURIAL IN ASH HILL LONG BARROW

Grid Reference:TF 208 961
Map Sheet:TF29NW
Parish:SWINHOPE, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

Full description

AN INTRUSIVE BURIAL OF HUMAN REMAINS HAD BEEN MADE AT THE NORTH-WEST END OF ASH HILL LONG BARROW. THESE REMAINS WERE RADIOCARBON DATED TO THE TENTH OR ELEVENTH CENTURY, INDICTATING DEPOSITION DURING THE ANGLO-SCANDINAVIAN PERIOD. {1}


<1> ENGLISH HERITAGE, 1996, REVISED SCHEDULING DOCUMENT 27854, MPP 23 (Scheduling Record). SLI4302.

Monument Types

  • BURIAL (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 850 AD to 1065 AD)

Associated Events

  • Excavations at Ash Hill barrow

Protected Status

  • Scheduled Monument

Sources and further reading

<1>Scheduling Record: ENGLISH HERITAGE. 1996. REVISED SCHEDULING DOCUMENT 27854. MPP 23.

Related records

MLI54204Related to: ASH HILL (LONG BARROW) IN SWINHOPE PARK (Monument)