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Bully Hill
Hob Uid: 351854
Location : Lincolnshire West Lindsey Kirmond Le Mire
Grid Ref : TF1727092270
Summary : Bronze Age round barrow, excavated in 1859, when human remains, animal bones and pottery were said to have been found, all that remains is a slight tree covered mound
More information : [TF 1727 9227] Tumulus [OE]. (1) A fine round barrow, called Bully Hill, which yielded a skeleton, 4 skulls and other human, and animal bones, charcoal and ashes, and unbaked "British" and Roman pottery fragments, when opened by Trollope. (2-5) A tree-covered round barrow, 3.3m high. There is a slight indication of a non-surveyable berm accentuated by plough erosion round the perimeter. Published 25" survey correct. (6) TF 173 923. Bully Hill round barrow. Scheduled no. LI/185. (7) The Bronze Age round barrow has also been mapped from good quality air photographs. It measures approximately 20m across and is situated as stated by authority 1. (8)

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Source details : OS 6" 1956
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Source details : Corr 6" (C W Phillips, 18.11.30)
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Source details : Letter (C W Phillips, June 1 1929)
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Source details : Archaeol J 47 1860 64 (E Trollope)
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Source details : Lincolnshire Architec and Archaeol Soc Reports and Papers 8 NS 1959-60 3-4 (D F Petch)
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Source details : F1 FRH 24-SEP-63
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Source details : English Heritage, SAM List, Lincolnshire, March 1994, p 19
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Source Number : 8
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Source details : Pamela Grace/07-JUN-1993/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 : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Lincolnshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 185
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External Cross Reference Source : MORPH2
External Cross Reference Number : LI.271.7
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : LI 185
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TF 19 SE 6
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1859-01-01
End Date : 1859-12-31

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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1963-09-24
End Date : 1963-09-24

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

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Bully Hill