Scheduled MonumentsEnglandGrim's Mound, a Bronze Age bowl barrow 600m NNW of Grimblethorpe Hall

Grim's Mound, a Bronze Age bowl barrow 600m NNW of Grimblethorpe Hall

England
List entry 1014822
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1014822
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.09 hectares
Grid reference
TF 23253 86947
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Grim's Mound is a Bronze Age bowl barrow located approximately 600 metres north-north-west of Grimblethorpe Hall in Lincolnshire. The monument consists of a roughly circular earthen mound characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practice in England, constructed to cover a burial or burials beneath. Such barrows typically date from the Bronze Age period, roughly 2200 to 800 BCE, and represent an important phase of monumental burial tradition in prehistoric Britain. The mound survives as a landscape feature of archaeological significance, recording practices of ritual deposition and social commemoration during the later prehistory of the East Midlands.

Grim's Mound, a Bronze Age bowl barrow 600m NNW of Grimblethorpe Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014822. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Grim's Mound, a Bronze Age bowl barrow 600m NNW of Grimblethorpe Hall?

Grim's Mound is a Bronze Age bowl barrow located approximately 600 metres north-north-west of Grimblethorpe Hall in Lincolnshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014822.

Who is responsible for protecting Grim's Mound, a Bronze Age bowl barrow 600m NNW of Grimblethorpe Hall?

Grim's Mound, a Bronze Age bowl barrow 600m NNW of Grimblethorpe Hall is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1014822.

What other scheduled monuments are near Grim's Mound, a Bronze Age bowl barrow 600m NNW of Grimblethorpe Hall?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow in Tongue Piece Holt (3 km), Bowl barrow 730m SSE of South Walk Farm (3.4 km), Bowl barrow 600m WSW of New Buildings (4.8 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Legal
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Target Zones
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Grim's Mound, a Bronze Age bowl barrow 600m NNW of Grimblethorpe Hall

Grim's Mound, a Bronze Age bowl barrow 600m NNW of Grimblethorpe Hall stands on Lower Greensand Group, bedrock that formed in the Albian. The rock here is sandstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Grim's Mound, a Bronze Age bowl barrow 600m NNW of Grimblethorpe Hall

LincolnRoman town · ~18.5 milesBattle of Winceby (1643)Battle (1643) · ~12.4 miles