BUTTERBUMP ROUND BARROWS, LINCOLNSHIRE, REPORT ON GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY, DECEMBER 1999.
Author(s): Louise Martin
Magnetometer survey was conducted over the location of the seven barrows recorded by the Ordnance Survey at Butterbump Round Barrow Cemetery, Lincolnshire, in advance of trial excavations by the Humber Wetlands Project. Three barrows were identified by very unusual negative anomalies corresponding with their ring ditches and it is surmised that the latter may therefore be infilled with peat. At least two of the barrows contained central magnetic disturbances, but it is unclear whether these are contemporary features or more recent evidence of excavations. Although some other possibly significant anomalies were located the presence or absence of other barrows in the group could not be confirmed.
- Report Number:
- 16/2000
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 12
- Keywords:
- Geophysical Survey Magnetometer