Garton Slack 37 |
| Hob Uid: 64385 | |
Location :
East Riding of Yorkshire
Garton
|
| Grid Ref : SE9572059700 |
| Summary : A Neolithic long barrow overlain by an Early Bronze Age round barrow, the latter excavated in 1865 and 1871 by Mortimer, the former recognised and excavated by Brewster in 1965. The principal features recognised by Brewster were the traces of the long barrow mound, measuring circa 180 feet northwest-southeast by 60 feet. A curving causewayed ditch was found around the southeastern end of the mound. It is not entirely clear whether this was associated with the long mound, the round barrow (which stood over the southeast end), or both. A curving southeast-facing facade was represented by two conjoining arcs of ditch separated by a shallow causeway, in front of which was a later pit interpreted as a cremation furnace. Inhumations appear to have been placed just inside the entrance. Traces of two shallow parallel slots were noted behind the facade. Halfway along the centre line of the long barrow was a cremation in a shallow pit. Charcoal from the pit produced an Early Neolithic radiocarbon date. The pit was surrounded by a ring ditch with causeways to the southeast and northwest. A "ritual pit" was also located further northwest. The round barrow, as excavated by Mortimer, contained some 15 crouched inhumations and a cremation, variously accompanied by a food vessel, a Beaker, animal remains, flint implements and other items. |
More information : (SE 95735970) Tumulus (NR) (site of) (1)
Barrow 37, 110 ft diameter and 1 ft high was excavated in 1865
and 1876 when 15 couched inhumations and one cremation burial
were found. Other finds were a food vessel, beaker, flint knife,
axe hammer, stone pounder, and human and animal bones (2) Beaker
in Hull Museum, 200.42 (3) (2-3)
The barrow was re-excavated in advance of gravel digging in 1965
and then measured c 55 ft diameter with an irregular U shaped
ditch.
Beneath the round barrow were the disturbed remains of a long
barrow measuring 150 ft long E-W and 60 ft wide with an
out-curved facade bedding trench, 4 ft wide and 5 ft deep. In the
forecourt was a 6 ft deep cremation pit with bell-shaped chamber
and traces of carbonised wooden flues. Encircling the eastern end
and part of the sides of the barrow were causewayed ditches but
elsewhere the mound was delimited by broad shallow ditches. Part
of a palisade trench survived on the southern side and contained
Windmill Hill sherds and struck flints. Beyond the palisade
trench was a pit containing cremated bones, and just within the
round barrow was a probably BA infant burial. (4)
Brewster, who resurveyed the barrow during his excavations,
maintains that the published site is incorrect. He sites it at
SE 95725973, but as all remains are now quarried away his
accuracy is now impossible to check. (5)
Excavation evidence from the Neolithic Long Barrow site has been
re-appraised by Brewster (see plan). He gives its dimensions as
180ft long and 60ft wide and mentions vesitges of the mortuary
enclosure slots being found close to the facade, which had
shallow shepherd's crook terminals. (6)
Additional reference. (7) |