Round Barrow at TF214841 looking north.
There are several
barrows that stand on either side of 'High Street' - an ancient trackway
that runs along the western part of the Lincolnshire Wolds. The most well
know is Burgh on Bain Longbarrow
but there are several Bronze
Age round
barrows that have managed to survive in this heavily farmed area.
The barrow pictured below at TF214846 measures about 14 metres in diameter and stands
just over a metre in height while one just to the south at TF215845 is 22 metres in diameter but is lower at under
a metre in height - it is also rapidly vanishing beneath heavy undergrowth.
The barrow pictured above at TF214841 which measures 3 metres high with a circumference
of 20 metres has been put to an alternate use during this century, in
the late 1950's it served as a Royal Observer Corps early warning post
and the building of this post may have increased the height of the barrow
somewhat. The post closed in 1991 but a concrete bunker and cold-war paraphernalia
still remain to be seen.
Round Barrow at TF214846 looking northwest
