On 2003-10-29 23:06, baz wrote:
It's a Neolithic long barrow.
Here's an extract from the Scheduled Monuments Record:
The monument includes the earthwork and buried remains of an Early Neolithic
long barrow known as Cromwell's Grave, located c.85m above sea level, 300m
west of Hoe Hill Farm, overlooking the Waithe Beck on the gentle, west facing
slope of the Swinhope Valley. The barrow is aligned east-west and is roughly
rectangular in shape, measuring 50m long by 17m wide. It stands to a maximum
height of approximately 3m, sloping down from the eastern end. The barrow
mound supports a number of beech trees and is situated within a copse enclosed
by a field boundary hedge. Archaeological investigation in 1984 confirmed the
existence of a quarry ditch c.1.5m deep by 6m wide situated between 4m and 8m
from the mound. It further demonstrated that one of the earliest activities on
the site was the digging of a marker ditch c.0.6m deep by 1.1m wide running
inside the quarry ditch, between 1.3m and 2.9m from the edge of the mound.
This marker ditch is considered to be the initial delineation of the area set
aside for ritual purposes. Geophysical surveys indicated that these ditches
continue around the western terminal. The section of the quarry ditch which
was excavated contained worked flint, pottery and animal bone from the
Neolithic period. A sample of the bone was radiocarbon dated to 3905-3640 BC,
confirming the barrow's construction in the Early Neolithic period. Other
finds included Beaker pottery, a tanged and barbed arrowhead and a glass bead.
The upper fills of the ditch and the surrounding buried ground surface
contained pottery and animal bone from later periods including the Roman,
Saxon and medieval. The monument is situated about 100m east of a similar,
smaller long barrow which is the subject of a separate scheduling.
Ash Hill long barrow lies approximately 1km to the south west of the monument.
Cromwell's Grave long barrow takes its name from the local tradition that it
is the burial place of a Roundhead soldier captured and killed on the mound.

On 2003-10-29 23:06, baz wrote:
It's a Neolithic long barrow.
Here's an extract from the Scheduled Monuments Record:
The monument includes the earthwork and buried remains of an Early Neolithic
long barrow known as Cromwell's Grave, located c.85m above sea level, 300m
west of Hoe Hill Farm, overlooking the Waithe Beck on the gentle, west facing
slope of the Swinhope Valley. The barrow is aligned east-west and is roughly
rectangular in shape, measuring 50m long by 17m wide. It stands to a maximum
height of approximately 3m, sloping down from the eastern end. The barrow
mound supports a number of beech trees and is situated within a copse enclosed
by a field boundary hedge. Archaeological investigation in 1984 confirmed the
existence of a quarry ditch c.1.5m deep by 6m wide situated between 4m and 8m
from the mound. It further demonstrated that one of the earliest activities on
the site was the digging of a marker ditch c.0.6m deep by 1.1m wide running
inside the quarry ditch, between 1.3m and 2.9m from the edge of the mound.
This marker ditch is considered to be the initial delineation of the area set
aside for ritual purposes. Geophysical surveys indicated that these ditches
continue around the western terminal. The section of the quarry ditch which
was excavated contained worked flint, pottery and animal bone from the
Neolithic period. A sample of the bone was radiocarbon dated to 3905-3640 BC,
confirming the barrow's construction in the Early Neolithic period. Other
finds included Beaker pottery, a tanged and barbed arrowhead and a glass bead.
The upper fills of the ditch and the surrounding buried ground surface
contained pottery and animal bone from later periods including the Roman,
Saxon and medieval. The monument is situated about 100m east of a similar,
smaller long barrow which is the subject of a separate scheduling.
Ash Hill long barrow lies approximately 1km to the south west of the monument.
Cromwell's Grave long barrow takes its name from the local tradition that it
is the burial place of a Roundhead soldier captured and killed on the mound.

On 2003-11-02 00:07, Anonymous wrote:
Thanks for the reply Baz,
But I was asking about Hoe hill at Fulletby, not Hoe hill at Swinhope. It's about 10 miles south of Louth in Lincolnshire, and very impressive it looks too.
Nick D.