Monument record MLI50638 - NEOLITHIC LONG BARROW, 280M SOUTH OF COWDYKE PLANTATION

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NEOLITHIC LONG BARROW, 280M SOUTH OF COWDYKE PLANTATION

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

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PRN 50638 Soilmarks of an elongated oblong ditched enclosure with rounded ends and slightly wedge-shaped, seen on Paul Everson aerial photographs of 1978. Probably a long barrow. {1} Also visible as a soilmark in an undated and unattributed aerial photograph held in the SMR. {2} It appears as an elongated, slightly wedge-shaped oblong enclosure aligned east to west, delineated by an infilled ditch measuring about 40m by 20m. The eastern end of the ditch is wider and more rectilinear in plan than that to the west and the circuit is unbroken, a form thought to indicate a simpler type of this monument class. The ditched enclosure is believed to have been a focus for mortuary activities, including the exposure of human remains and the remains of structures and deposits associated with these activities will survive as buried features. The long barrow is one of a group of similar monuments associated with the valley of the Waithe Beck and with High Street which originated as a prehistoric trackway. {5} The form and interpretation are uncertain. On verticals, the enclosure has elongated trapezoidal plan, with constrictions along the sides to give as waisted appearance. The west terminal has a more globular form, possibly indicating the presence of a ring ditch. The monument may consist of two contiguous ring ditches of different size. Fieldwalking revealed no surface traces or finds. {6} The monument has a length of 50m and a width of 30m.

Sources/Archives (6)

  •  Aerial Photograph: Paul Everson. 1975-90. RCHM. TF1594/3,8-10; 2956/18-19,36,42,1978, .
  •  Aerial Photograph: 14/67/5.
  •  Aerial Photograph: 1946-98. RCHME. TF1697-4, 2955/33.
  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF1594:LI.256.3.1,1993, .
  •  Scheduling Record: ENGLISH HERITAGE. 1996. SCHEDULING DOCUMENT 27886. MPP 22.
  •  Index: Dilwyn Jones. 1998. Gazetteer of Neolithic Elongated Enclosures and Extant Long Barrows in (Historic) Lincolnshire. -.

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Grid reference Centred TF 1513 9459 (49m by 36m) Estimated from Sources
Civil Parish STAINTON LE VALE, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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