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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: West Ashby Alternative Name: Shearman's Wath HengeCountry: England County: Lincolnshire Type: Henge
Nearest Town: Horncastle
Map Ref: TF25347168 Landranger Map Number: 122
Latitude: 53.227382N Longitude: 0.12387W
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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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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