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Submitted by vicky on Monday, 05 January 2009  Page Views: 14094

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: West Ashby Alternative Name: Shearman's Wath Henge
Country: England County: Lincolnshire Type: Henge
Nearest Town: Horncastle
Map Ref: TF25347168  Landranger Map Number: 122
Latitude: 53.227382N  Longitude: 0.12387W
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
Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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
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Henge in Lincolnshire. The buried remains of this henge are situated 330m north of Thimbleby Mill on the glacial sands and gravels of the flood plain edge, some 150m east of the River Bain. The monument, which has been reduced by ploughing, can no longer be seen on the ground.

It is, however, clearly visible from the air, and has been recorded on aerial photographs since 1970. These photographs show a series of cropmarks (areas of crop growth enhanced by higher moisture retention) which represent the buried ditch and the outer ring of post holes.

The ditch measures up to 2m in width and encloses an oval area roughly 25m in diameter. It is broken by a broad causeway or entrance facing north west, and a second, less distinct entranceway directly opposite, to the south east. Slight breaks in the ditch around this south eastern entrance are thought to indicate segmented construction.

No traces of an outer bank have been recorded to date, but the ditch is enclosed - at a distance of up to 3m - by a ring of at least 24 circular pits. The pits are evenly spaced around the ditch and entrances and may once have supported posts or even stones. Fieldwalking in the area around the henge has produced worked flint which is typically associated with this class of monument. The henge is thought to have originated in the Late Neolithic period, remaining a focus of attention during the Early Bronze Age.

Source: English Heritage

Note: Floods scheme near prehistoric henge, see comment
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TF2571 : Thimbleby Mill by Chris
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TF2571 : Hemingby Lane by JThomas
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Re: West Ashby by abelljms on Thursday, 10 December 2009
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but it would be nice to see the ariel photo it sounds scarcely significant at moment
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Floods scheme near prehistoric henge by Andy B on Monday, 05 January 2009
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An anti-flooding reservoir could be built close to a prehistoric henge in Lincolnshire.

Environment Agency officers are to begin looking for sites to build new flood defences in a bid to protect Horncastle.

Next month they will begin assessing land close to the River Bain in a pro-active effort to prevent the flooding which has blighted the town in recent years.

Town representatives have already been told that the essential facility could have to go just north of the town, in an area known to have been occupied in the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age – from 4,500BC to 1,200BC.

Shearman's Wath Henge, as it is called, was discovered in the early 1970s from aerial photographs which showed a circular form in crops.
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Although there are no visible remains of what was almost certainly a timber circle, archaeologists can identify the site from tell-tale soil colouration.

The rivers Bain and Waring run through Horncastle. The town experiences a flood, on average, once every 25 years – four times above the national average.

Environment Agency spokesman Rita Penman said it will reassess the need for flood storage areas in the Horncastle area if Government funding is granted. An announcement on that is expected next month.

"Two potential areas have been identified in the past but it is a long process in trying to acquire the land from the landowners," she said.

For more on the prehistoric henge near Horncastle, see Monday's Echo.

More, with photos at:
http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/news/Floods-scheme-near-prehistoric-henge/article-584243-detail/article.html
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