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Lincolnshire HER

Name:BRONZE AGE CEMETERY, STATION ROAD, RUSKINGTON
HER Number:MLI60539
Type of record:Monument

Summary

BRONZE AGE CEMETERY, STATION ROAD, RUSKINGTON

Grid Reference:TF 084 508
Map Sheet:TF05SE
Parish:RUSKINGTON, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

Full description

PRN 60539
TWO BEAKER BURIALS WERE DISCOVERED DURING A WATCHING BRIEF AT STATION ROAD. EACH BURIAL CONSISTED OF A PIT CONTAINING A DECORATED BEAKER AND PART OF A DISARTICULATED INHUMATION BURIAL. THE EXTENT OF THE POSSIBLE CEMETERY IS NOT KNOWN. {1}{2}


<1> Pre-Construct Archaeology, 1994, Archaeological Watching Brief Report: 29 Station Road, Ruskington, SRR94 (Report). SLI5085.

<2> Pre-Construct Archaeology, 1994, Archaeological Watching Brief: 29 Station Road, Ruskington, LCNCC 128.94 (Archive). SLI1439.

<3> F.N. Field and I. George, 1995, Archaeology in Lincolnshire, Vol 30 p 49 (Article in Serial). SLI697.

Monument Types

  • BURIAL (Middle Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • CEMETERY (Middle Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • PIT (Middle Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)

Associated Finds

  • BEAKER (Middle Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • HUMAN REMAINS (Middle Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)

Associated Events

  • Watching brief at 29 Station Road, Ruskington

Sources and further reading

<1>Report: Pre-Construct Archaeology. 1994. Archaeological Watching Brief Report: 29 Station Road, Ruskington. SRR94.
<2>Archive: Pre-Construct Archaeology. 1994. Archaeological Watching Brief: 29 Station Road, Ruskington. LCNCC 128.94.
<3>Article in Serial: F.N. Field and I. George. 1995. Archaeology in Lincolnshire. Vol 30 p 49.