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<< Our Photo Pages >> Deadmen's Graves - Long Barrow in England in Lincolnshire

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Deadmen's Graves
Country: England County: Lincolnshire Type: Long Barrow

Map Ref: TF444720  Landranger Map Number: 122
Latitude: 53.225423N  Longitude: 0.161585E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Catrinm visited on 2nd Feb 2020 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 See detail from Stone-circles.org site.

oldman visited on 26th Oct 2018 Well covered with shrubs

Catrinm visited on 4th Jan 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4



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Deadmen's Graves
Deadmen's Graves submitted by Catrinm : Deadmens Graves II - so overgrown best seen from a distance (Vote or comment on this photo)
Long Barrow in Lincolnshire

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Deadmen's Graves
Deadmen's Graves submitted by oldman : Barrow to the East and down the slope from the Westerly barrow (Vote or comment on this photo)

Deadmen's Graves
Deadmen's Graves submitted by oldman : This is the more westerly barrow (Vote or comment on this photo)

Deadmen's Graves
Deadmen's Graves submitted by Catrinm : DEADMENS GRAVES II MAY 28 2018 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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TF4471 : Deadmen's Graves: Long Barrows above Claxby St. Andrew by Chris
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TF4471 : Farm track at Claxby St Andrew by Dave Hitchborne
by Dave Hitchborne
©2007(licence)
TF4471 : Farm track at Claxby St Andrew by Dave Hitchborne
by Dave Hitchborne
©2007(licence)
TF4472 : Farm track at Claxby St Andrew by Dave Hitchborne
by Dave Hitchborne
©2007(licence)
TF4472 : Track north to Rigge Wood by J.Hannan-Briggs
by J.Hannan-Briggs
©2013(licence)

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Re: Deadmen's Graves by Zooks777 on Saturday, 07 August 2021
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Very clear on EA lidar, in spite of the tree cover. Move 4 km to west to see a long barrow with 4 rob pits at TF 4015721, marked on OS map above as a long barrow at Spellow Hills.
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Re: Deadmen's Graves by Zooks777 on Saturday, 07 August 2021
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Very clear on EA lidar, in spite of the tree cover
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Re: Deadmen's Graves by Catrinm on Saturday, 20 June 2020
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These are worth a visit being a pair:
From stone-circles.org.uk (Chris Collyer):
The two long barrows named Deadmen's Graves I and II stand at a height of 53 metres and 51 metres above sea-level just below the southern crest of a hill rising from a steep-sided valley that runs southeast to the head of Burlands Beck which can be found in the village of Claxby St Andrew half a mile (800 metres) away.
The most accessible barrow of the pair is Deadmen's Grave I at TF44427197 which is close to a farm track that leads north from the Ulceby to Claxby road and consists of a fairly well preserved trapezoid mound that still reaches a height of nearly 2 metres with a width of about 14 metres at its eastern end, but decreasing in height and width as it tails off into the trees until it reaches ground level 55 metres away to the west. It lies in an east-northeast to west-southwest orientation and like most other Lincolnshire long barrows this earth and rubble mound follows the contours of the hillside but seems to have suffered with soil alternately being built up along its northern flank while soil has spilled down the hillside along the southern flank. This movement of soil will have covered any side ditches dug to produce the material for the body of the barrow but may have helped to preserve any Neolithic remains deposited within them. Deadmen's Graves I was recorded by C.W. Phillips in 1932, who noted a pronounced 'saddle' about 20 metres from the eastern end and it could be that this saddle feature which is also seen at other Lincolnshire long barrows such as Beacon Hill and Hoe Hill is the result of the internal collapse of a wooden mortuary platform, possibly as the result of deliberate firing of the structure in a symbolic 'closing' of the barrow (see also Willerby Wold long barrow in North Yorkshire).
Also recorded by Phillips was the second barrow Deadmen's Graves II about 180 metres across the field to the southeast at TF44587189. This lies in a west-southwest by east-northeast orientation, again following the contours of the land, and measures some 53 metres in length by 18 metres at its widest eastern terminal. However this barrow has been badly damaged in places and is overgrown with trees with a now abandoned chalk pit quarried into its centre which almost cuts the mound in two. Despite this it survives to a height of about half a metre for most of its length, rising to abound 2 metres at its eastern end. Again, soil has slipped down the hillside from the mound over the years which along with the quarrying has distorted its original form and buried the flanking ditches..
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Re: Deadmen's Graves by Andy B on Thursday, 15 November 2018
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Aerial photo
https://www.aerialphotography.org.uk/AerialArchaeology/Lincolnshire-Long-Barrows/i-zDHhTQD
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Re: Deadmen's Graves by Catrinm on Tuesday, 29 May 2018
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MAY 18 - You can approach and go round them - but so overgrown with trees and nettles not much sense of the whole, except from a distance
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Re: Deadmen's Graves by coldrum on Sunday, 11 April 2010
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Deadmen's Graves by DrewParsons on Thursday, 13 November 2008
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I visited Deadmen's Graves Long Barrow in October 2005 after seeing the nearby two sites of Fordington Medieval Village and Giants' Hills Barrow. We had with us a 1933 description of the site which stated that it was "clearly seen on the horizon from the road." We found the site after some difficulty as by then it was heavily overgrown and set at the top of a ploughed field.
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