Monument record MLI42977 - Neolithic Long Barrow, Grebby Hall, Scremby

Summary

Neolithic long barrow, 250m north of Grebby Hall, Scremby.

Type and Period (1)

  • (Early Neolithic to Late Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Full Description

Soilmarks of a ditched, slightly elongated, oblong enclosure with rounded corners, seen on an aerial photograph of 1980. {1} The monument includes the buried remains of a Neolithic long barrow located below the summit of a low plateau between two wide, shallow river valleys. The western river drains into the river Lymn, and that to the east is a tributary of the beck. Although the monument cannot be seen on the ground, it is clearly visible from the air as a cropmark on aerial photographs. It appears as an elongated oblong enclosure, aligned north-west to south-east, some 60m long by 35m wide. The cropmark representing the surrounding ditch has rounded corners and its circuit is unbroken, a form which is thought to indicate an example of a simpler type of this monument class. The central enclosure would have been the focus for mortuary activities including the exposure of human remains, and structures and deposits relating to this activity will survive as buried features. The monument is situated less than 3km south of both the Skendleby group of long barrows and the pair known as Deadmen's Graves. The barrow will retain rare and valuable archaeological deposits on the buried ground surface and in the fills of the ditch. These will provide important information concerning the dating and construction of the barrow, and the sequence of mortuary ritual at the site. Environmental evidence preserved in the same contexts will illustrate the appearance of the landscape in which the monument was set. For more detail see scheduling document 27888. {2} The RCHME give the grid reference for the feature as TF 4379 6904, slightly to the north-east of the currently scheduled area. {3} Trapezoidal enclosure aligned on a south-south-east to north-north-west axis, with straight terminals; recorded as soilmarks and cropmarks. A large rectilinear enclosure with entrance gap on east side, lies immediately adjacent, 30 metres to north. Field walking conducted in March 1991 revealed no surface traces but yielded two Romano-British greyware sherds from the general area of adjacent enclosure. {4}

Sources/Archives (4)

  •  Aerial Photograph: Paul Everson. 1975-90. RCHM. 2939/36 (1980).
  •  Scheduling Record: ENGLISH HERITAGE. 1996. SCHEDULING DOCUMENT 27888. MPP 22.
  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF4369: LI.179.8.1.
  •  Index: Dilwyn Jones. 1998. Gazetteer of Neolithic Elongated Enclosures and Extant Long Barrows in (Historic) Lincolnshire. no.1.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 4379 6905 (60m by 71m) Estimated from sources
Civil Parish SCREMBY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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