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| Name: | MOUND KNOWN AS BROKENBACK SOUTH WEST OF VILLAGE OF WEST RASEN |
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| HER Number: | MLI54201 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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Summary
MOUND KNOWN AS BROKENBACK SOUTH WEST OF VILLAGE OF WEST RASEN
| Grid Reference: | TF 056 888 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF08NE |
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| Parish: | WEST RASEN, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Full description
A FLAT-TOPPED MOUND ABOUT 26FT ACROSS AT TOP, 7FT HIGH AND SURROUNDED BY A FITCH 15FT BROAD AND 3FT DEEP, WITH CAUSEWAY ON W SIDE. OVERALL DIAMETER ABOUT 100FT. THE MOUND STANDS IN THE MIDST OF MEDIEVAL RIDGE AND FURROW TO WHICH IT APPEARS TO BE RELATED - IT MAY BE THE SITE OF A PORT MILL, HENCE THE NAME BROKENBACK. {1} VERY OVERGROWN AND DIFFICULT TO SEE NOW; THE RIDGE AND FURROW HAVE BEEN PLOUGHED UP. {2}, AREA 0.25H, HEIGHT 2M, DIAMETRE 30M, HTM 15M
<1> HBMC, 1965, AM 7, SAM 172 (Scheduling Record). SLI4078.
<2> HBMC, 1986, AM 107, SAM 172 (Scheduling Record). SLI4017.
<3> SMR FILE, TF 08 NE A,1929, PHILLIPS, C.W. (Index). SLI3374.
<4> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1992-1996, National Mapping Programme, TF0689:LI.513.4.15,1994, (Map). SLI3613.
Monument Types
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Scheduling Record: HBMC. 1965. AM 7. SAM 172. |
| <2> | Scheduling Record: HBMC. 1986. AM 107. SAM 172. |
| <3> | Index: SMR FILE. WEST RASEN. TF 08 NE A,1929, PHILLIPS, C.W.. |
| <4> | Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF0689:LI.513.4.15,1994, . |
Related records
| MLI50522 | Related to: SHRUNKEN MEDIEVAL VILLAGE REMAINS, WEST RASEN (Monument) |
| MLI52727 | Related to: WINDMILL MOUND (Monument) |
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