Scheduled MonumentsEnglandRing Holt bowl barrow

Ring Holt bowl barrow

England
List entry 1017466
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017466
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.11 hectares
Grid reference
TF 40319 70508
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Ring Holt bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial mound located in Lincolnshire, England. The monument consists of a circular earthwork typical of bowl barrows from this period, characterised by a central burial chamber or grave surrounded by a raised mound of earth. Such barrows represent significant funerary monuments reflecting the burial practices and social organisation of prehistoric communities in the East Midlands. The site's survival to the present day provides evidence of the long-inhabited landscape of Lincolnshire and the ritual importance placed upon monumental burial during the third and second millennia before the Common Era.

Ring Holt bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017466. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Ring Holt bowl barrow?

Ring Holt bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial mound located in Lincolnshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017466.

Who is responsible for protecting Ring Holt bowl barrow?

Ring Holt bowl barrow 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 1017466.

What other scheduled monuments are near Ring Holt bowl barrow?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Long Barrow North of Thorpe Farm and adjacent Round Barrow (2.3 km), Churchyard cross, St Nicholas's churchyard (2.3 km), Old Spilsby: medieval settlement and cultivation remains south east of Partney Bridge (3.2 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Ring Holt bowl barrow

Ring Holt bowl barrow stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Ring Holt bowl barrow

Battle of Winceby (1643)Battle (1643) · ~5.8 miles