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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Burgh le Marsh Barrow Alternative Name: Cock HillCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 14.7 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Lincolnshire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Lincoln Nearest Village: Spilsby
Map Ref: TF49936501
Latitude: 53.161109N Longitude: 0.241076E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Burgh le Marsh Barrow was found to contain an inhumation with an associated bronze buckle slide, dated to the late 6th or early 7th century. A number of microlith cores and flakes were also recovered, A microlith, four blades, three flakes and a blade core were found during excavation, A stone battle axe was also found nearby, Therefore showing the site of the mound to be in use since prehistoric times, It's believed the mound was changed in the post-medieval period for cock-fighting.
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