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Lincolnshire HER

Name:ROUND HEADS HOLT, WINCEBY
HER Number:MLI42272
Type of record:Monument

Summary

ROUND HEADS HOLT, WINCEBY

Grid Reference:TF 312 696
Map Sheet:TF36NW
Parish:WINCEBY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

Full description

PRN 42272
DESPITE ITS NAME AND THE LOCAL TRADITION OF ASSOCIATION WITH THE SITE OF THE BATTLE OF WINCEBY (11TH OCTOBER 1643) IT SEEMS MORE LIKELY THAT THE SMALL 'HILLS' WERE BARROWS AND POSSIBLY OF ANGLO-SAXON DATE, SEE PRN 42273 AND 42274. {1}{2}


<1> SMR FILE, TF 36 NW A TMA (Index). SLI3389.

<2> OS CARD INDEX, TF 36 NW 4,1963, DA (Index). SLI2847.

Monument Types

  • BURIAL (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Post Medieval - 410 AD to 1643 AD)
  • CEMETERY (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Post Medieval - 410 AD to 1643 AD)
  • ROUND BARROW? (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 800 AD)

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

<1>Index: SMR FILE. WINCEBY. TF 36 NW A TMA.
<2>Index: OS CARD INDEX. WINCEBY. TF 36 NW 4,1963, DA.

Related records

MLI42273Related to: HUMAN REMAINS FOUND AT ROUND HILLS HOLT, WINCEBY (Monument)
MLI42275Related to: HUMAN REMAINS FOUND TO E OF WINCEBY (Monument)
MLI42274Related to: The Battle of Winceby (Monument)