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Summary

One of a group of Neolithic long barrows to the north-west of Claxby St Andrew, known as Deadmen's Graves.

Full description

One of a group of Neolithic long barrows to the north-west of Claxby St Andrew, known as Deadmen's Graves. Scheduled. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}

Neolithic long barrow 575m north-north-west of Moon Wood, also known as Deadmen's Graves 1. It survives as a substantial undisturbed earthwork clearly visible from the public highway. It is located 50m above sea level, below the summit of a spur above the source of the Burlands Beck. The barrow is aligned approximately east-north-east to west-south-west, following a contour of the hill, which falls away steeply below this point. The mound measures approximately 53m long and its width decreases from c.14m at the east end to little more than 1.5m at the west. The eastern end stands to a height of about 2m, decreasing over the length of the mound to ground level. The barrow's profile is interrupted by a saddle traversing the mound at a point some 20m from the eastern end, a feature which is common to a number of Lincolnshire long barrows and which may have been caused by the collapse of internal mortuary structures. The mound is undisturbed by ploughing but, because of the sloping nature of the field, there is an accumulation of ploughsoil against the northern flank. No archaeological investigation is known to have taken place and the mound is thought to be largely intact. Material for the mound would have been quarried from an encircling causewayed ditch, and while this ditch is no longer visible, it is thought to survive beneath the present ground surface. {6}{7}

<1> C.W. Phillips, 1935, 'The Present State of Archaeology in Lincolnshire: Part 2' in the Archaeological Journal, vol.91, p.163 (Article in Serial). SLI323.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Card Index, TF 47 SW: 7 (Index). SLI2344.

<3> Lincolnshire County Council, Sites and Monuments Record Card Index, TF 47 SW: G (Index). SLI2881.

<4> 1946-98, RCHME, 5166/27 (Aerial Photograph). SLI193.

<5> HBMC, AM 7, SAM 73 (Scheduling Record). SLI4166.

<6> ENGLISH HERITAGE, 1996, REVISED SCHEDULING DOCUMENT 27864, MPP 23 (Scheduling Record). SLI4307.

<7> Dilwyn Jones, 1998, Gazetteer of Neolithic Elongated Enclosures and Extant Long Barrows in (Historic) Lincolnshire, No.7 (Index). SLI2302.

Monument Types

• LONG BARROW (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument

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