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Monument Types

• RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2500 BC? to 42 AD?)
• ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2500 BC to 801 BC)

Summary

Up to seven barrows have been recorded around Three Queens on aerial photographs. These include two clear cropmarks and one possible mound on the Leicestershire side, as well as a small rectangular enclosure measuring c.10x15m.

Additional Information

The Rev Wood of Knipton dug a mound on the Lincs side, found when the road was being widened and therefore almost certainly NOT one of the seven mentioned previously. It contained the remains of a woman, buried under two coping stones leant up against each other, and a flint scraper. (RFH 05/12/86)

<1> Pickering, J & Hartley, R F, 1985, Past Worlds in a Landscape - Archaeological Cropmarks in Leicestershire, p49-50 (Bibliographic reference). SLE37.

Study of various air photos indicates the existence of up to seven barrows around the Three Queens crossroads. There are two clear cropmarks and one possible mound on the Leicestershire side, as well as a small rectangular cropmark enclosure c.10 x 15m. (RFH 05/12/86)

<2> 2016, National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) accessioning (Website). SLE4981.

SUMMARY: "Probable Prehistoric barrow with central pit seen as cropmarks."
URL: 'https://nrhe-to-her.esdm.co.uk/NRHE/RecordDetail.aspx?pageid=45&he_uid=1033537', accessioned 11/12/2023.

<3> 1995, Lincolnshire NMP Project, Ann Carter/19-DEC-1995 (Index). SLE7305.

The following features were mapped from good quality air photographs:-
Probable Prehistoric barrow, seen as cropmarks.
Morphological description: a symmetric curvilinear enclosure, diameter 18m, defined by 1 ditch. There is a small pit at the centre. Centred at:-SK 8599 2963
(Morph No. LI.728.13.1-2)
This description is based on data from the RCHME MORPH2 database.

<4> 2016, National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) accessioning (Website). SLE4981.

SUMMARY: "Potential Prehistoric barrow seen as a cropmark."
URL: 'https://nrhe-to-her.esdm.co.uk/NRHE/RecordDetail.aspx?pageid=45&he_uid=1033538', accessioned 11/12/2023.

<5> 1995, Lincolnshire NMP Project (Index). SLE7305.

The following feature was mapped from good quality air photographs:-
Potential Prehistoric barrow, seen as a cropmark.
Morphological description: a circular enclosure, diameter 22m, defined by 1 ditch. Its eastern side is partially obscured by the boundary to the track known as The Drift (Roman Road 580).
Centred at:-SK 8603 2966
(Morph No. LI.728.14.1)
This description is based on data from the RCHME MORPH2 database.

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