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A Multi-phased Barrow and Possible Henge Monument at West Ashby, Lincolnshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2014

Naomi Field ,
M. Harman ,
C. Keepax ,
T. Manby ,
S. Needham  and
A. Saville
Naomi Field
Affiliation:
Trust for Lincolnshire Archaeology, c/o County Offices, Newland, Lincoln
M. Harman
Affiliation:
c/o 3 Hampden Close, Tollgates, Battle, Sussex
C. Keepax
Affiliation:
Ancient Monuments Laboratory, Fortress House, 23 Savile Row, London W1X 2HE
T. Manby
Affiliation:
Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery, Chequer Rd., Doncaster
S. Needham
Affiliation:
Department of Prehistoric and Romano-British Antiquities, British Museum, London WC1B 3DG
A. Saville
Affiliation:
Cheltenham Museum and Art Gallery, 40 Clarence St., Cheltenham, GL50 3NX
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Abstract

Excavation of the surviving half of a barrow, identified from aerial photographs as having three concentric ditches, revealed a sequence of at least six major alterations. The site may originally have been a Class I henge monument subsequently adapted for use as a barrow. Features of all phases were mainly in the central area of the barrow and included two inhumations in coffins, one accompanied by a Yorkshire-type food vessel. A cremation in a Primary Series collared urn was accompanied by a bronze razor/knife and two flint plano-convex knives. A further cremation in a collared urn was found in the middle ditch. The barrow lay close to a settlement; early Bronze Age flintwork and pottery, including Grooved Ware and Beaker, were recovered from the several phases of mound make-up.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 51 , Issue 1 , December 1985 , pp. 103 - 136
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1985

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