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Round barrow on Elsham Golf Course, 240m north east of Timaru Farm Cottages

England
List entry 1016886
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016886
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.11 hectares
Grid reference
TA 02317 11064
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round barrow on Elsham Golf Course, 240m north east of Timaru Farm Cottages is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in the parish of Elsham, north Lincolnshire. The monument takes the form of a circular earthwork typical of funerary structures constructed during the second and first millennia BC across much of lowland England. Such barrows served as focal points for burial and ritual activity, often accommodating inhumations or cremations within or beneath the mound. The site remains a significant archaeological record of Bronze Age mortuary practice and settlement patterns in the East Midlands region.

Round barrow on Elsham Golf Course, 240m north east of Timaru Farm Cottages is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016886. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round barrow on Elsham Golf Course, 240m north east of Timaru Farm Cottages?

Round barrow on Elsham Golf Course, 240m north east of Timaru Farm Cottages is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in the parish of Elsham, north Lincolnshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016886.

Who is responsible for protecting Round barrow on Elsham Golf Course, 240m north east of Timaru Farm Cottages?

Round barrow on Elsham Golf Course, 240m north east of Timaru Farm Cottages 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 1016886.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round barrow on Elsham Golf Course, 240m north east of Timaru Farm Cottages?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow on Elsham Golf Course, 380m north east of Timaru Farm Cottages (0.1 km), Roman site 400yds (370m) NE of Worlaby Church (3.3 km), Moated site and fishpond 200m south-east of Melton Hall (4.9 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
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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrow on Elsham Golf Course, 380m north east of Timaru Farm Cottages
0.1 km
Roman site 400yds (370m) NE of Worlaby Church
3.3 km
Moated site and fishpond 200m south-east of Melton Hall
4.9 km
Long Barrow north of Castlethorpe
5 km
Moated site 285m east of Castlethorpe House
5.3 km
Yarborough Camp large univallate hillfort
5.8 km
Thornholme Augustinian priory
6 km
Howe Hill bowl barrow
6.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round barrow on Elsham Golf Course, 240m north east of Timaru Farm Cottages

Round barrow on Elsham Golf Course, 240m north east of Timaru Farm Cottages stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Round barrow on Elsham Golf Course, 240m north east of Timaru Farm Cottages

LincolnRoman town · ~24.6 miles
Domesday entry for Elsham, Lincolnshire →
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