Herne
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Low Barlings, Lincolnshire
Apr 05, 2006, 21:56
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Hi,
Growing up i was always told that in one of the fields leading up to the ruined Abbey there was remains of an Iron Age village. Does anyone know anything about this as I havent been able to dig up anything on google..
The field itself does look very "earthworky", I'll sort out pictures next time I'm in the area...
Thanks!
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Hob
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Re: Low Barlings, Lincolnshire
Apr 05, 2006, 22:05
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Is it these:
http://www.magic.gov.uk/rsm/21472.pdf
and
http://www.magic.gov.uk/rsm/20809.pdf
Ring ditches could mebbe have been mistaken for a small fort?
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Herne
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Re: Low Barlings, Lincolnshire
Apr 05, 2006, 22:22
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wow... Thank you so much, I think that's hit the nail on the head. :o)
I was puzzled at first when multimap put me in the wrong field with the grid reference - but then I tried a post code round there and it was off too...
awesome - cheers for the quick reply!
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Hob
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Re: Low Barlings, Lincolnshire
Apr 05, 2006, 22:52
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You're most welcome.
The pdfs came via the nice people at :
http://www.magic.gov.uk/website/magic/
If you set it for 'scheduled ancient monuments' on the layers options, it might turn up more ancient things in the vicinity. It's great.
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Hob
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Re: Low Barlings, Lincolnshire
Apr 05, 2006, 23:04
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2 Long barrows not far away:
http://www.magic.gov.uk/rsm/27891.pdf
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Hob
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Re: Low Barlings, Lincolnshire
Apr 05, 2006, 23:17
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Scratch that last one. Upon reading the file, there's not actually anything to see above ground, just cropmarks. I'll stop trying to be helpful now, lest I end up encouraging wild goose chases ;)
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wideford
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Re: Low Barlings, Lincolnshire
Apr 06, 2006, 08:10
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Cropmarks become soilmarks and snowmarks, right time of year for ploughing and snowing so there may be a little extra for completists (if the time of your visit is fortuituous that is).
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Herne
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Re: Low Barlings, Lincolnshire
Apr 14, 2006, 17:08
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Cool site that - been playing around with it this afternoon.
Sadly, those two sites aren't the ones I'm looking for, but I'm definitley going to check them out next time I'm up there! :o)
Looks like the field I'm talking about isn't scheduled. It's the field in the middle of http://www.multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?client=public&X=508000&Y=374500&scale=10000&width=500&height=300&gride=508015&gridn=374120&lang=&db=pc&coordsys=gb which seems to have defined structure in that photo. Maybe it's something more recent - I'm not sure. Never been ploughed as long as I can remember...
Any more ideas appreciated! ;o)
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Hob
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Re: Low Barlings, Lincolnshire
Apr 14, 2006, 22:08
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I do like those satellite photos. I've spent hours staring at the ones of Northumberland.
Looks like the end of the road in terms of websearching then. Time to go delving into old papery records? Hopefully someone will have written something about it, somwhere, at some point.
If you can find out who the county archaeologist is, they'd be the logical place to start, they'd have the county sites and monuments register which should record non-scheduled stuff, at least stuff that's still got remains visible above ground.
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Herne
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Re: Low Barlings, Lincolnshire
Apr 14, 2006, 22:27
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The Sat photo shows that area so much better than I could on the ground - given me a new dimension to it.
Yeah I think you're right about having to go to more 'traditional' avenues of research - tho that's something I'll tackle after the bank holiday weekend as I'm off to Norfolk with my folks tomoro.
Thanks again for your reply & advice :o)
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