Monument Number 354655 |
| Hob Uid: 354655 | |
Location :
Lincolnshire
East Lindsey
Tathwell
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| Grid Ref : TF3312082720 |
| Summary : Bronze Age barrow cemetery on Bully Hill. There are seven barrows which survive as substantial, roughly circular earthworks arranged in a line south west to north east, following the rise of the hill. Distances of between 3 and 9 metres divide the six south western barrow mounds. They vary in diameter from 12 to 26 metres. All stand to an average height of 3 metres, with sloping sides and rounded summits, except the third barrow from the south. This barrow is the largest in diameter and may originally have been in excess of 4 metres high. However, antiquarian excavations have reduced its height to no more than 2 metres. These excavatoins have cut into the north western flank of the mound and created a large circular hollow at the centre. The other barrows show no significant signs of disturbance, although the most southerly mound may have been subjected to some very minor excavation. The seventh barrow is situated some 280 metres to the north east of the main group. It has a diameter of approximately 16 metres and is about 3 metres high with a rounded profile and uneven summit. There is no visible evidence of any encircling quarry ditches around these mounds, but it is believed that since similar barrows in the area are known to have ditches these barrows will also have infilled ditches surviving as buried features beneath the present ground surface. Scheduled. |
More information : [Area TF 33028263] Tumuli [O.E.]
[TF 33228283] Tumulus [O.E.]. (1)
A fine group of seven round barrows known as Bully Hills. Six are
scheduled. A Middle Bronze Age rim potsherd from a rabbit scrape on
top of one of the mounds is in Lincoln Museum. (2-4)
A group of round barrows, re-surveyed at 1/2500. The Middle Bronze
Age rim was not located in Lincoln Museum.
See GP.s. AO.63/17/6-7. (5)
The Bronze Age barrows referred to by the previous authorities were
visible as earthworks and have been mapped from good quality air
photographs. Seven of the barrows sit very close together in a north
east south-west orientation line along a ridge. An eighth barrow
sits on top of a hill at the north east end of the ridge aligned with
the main group but 200m distant. The main group of barrows is
gradually being worn away at the edges by ploughing and only the
central barrow in the line is round, the rest are sort of egg
shaped. The barrows are more accurately located at TF 3299 8259,
TF 3300 8260, TF 3301 8262, TF 3303 8264, TF 3304 8267, TF 3306 8268,
and TF 3322 8284. (Morph No. LI.195.1.1-7)
This description is based on data from the RCHME MORPH2 database.
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