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Ranby Hoe
Hob Uid: 352914
Location : Lincolnshire East Lindsey Market Stainton
Grid Ref : TF2272079150
Summary : Possible Bronze Age round barrow and/or Post Medieval beacon seen as cropmarks.
More information : [TF 22787915] Ranby Hoe TUMULUS[OE] (Site of). (1) A large tumulus removed in the 19th century. Beacon Hill is marked a little to the west on the O.S. map of 1924 at approximately TF 22727914. Nothing remains. (2) The field concerned is now under crop; there are no traces of either the mound or beacon. The highest point in the immediate vicinity is at TF 22517924, where there is no feature of note. (3) The tumulus referred to by the previous authorities was seen as a cropmark and mapped from good quality air photographs. It is visible as a ploughed mound surrounded by a circular ditch with diameter 25m and is centred at TF 2272 7915. The outer ditch perhaps suggests the interpretation of Bronze Age round barrow is more likely but there is no evidence to suggest it is not a Post Medieval beacon. It could have served both functions. (Morph No. LI.568.7.1-2) This description is based on data from the RCHME MORPH2 database. (4)

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Source details : OS 6' 1956
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Source details : Corr 6'(CW Phillips. 1930)"
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Source Number : 2a
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Source details : 'More Folklore around Horncastle'. 1922, 54, (J.A. Penny).
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : F1 KJAF 26-JUN-64
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : Helen Winton/28-JUL-1994/RCHME: Lincolnshire NMP
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Round Barrow
Evidence : Cropmark

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Post Medieval
Monument End Date : 1901
Monument Start Date : 1540
Monument Type : Beacon
Evidence : Cropmark

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External Cross Reference Source : MORPH2
External Cross Reference Number : LI.568.7
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TF 27 NW 2
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1964-06-26
End Date : 1964-06-26

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 1992-07-01
End Date : 1997-03-01

Historic England Research Records

Ranby Hoe