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Ash Hill Long Barrow

Long Barrow

Nearest Town:Market Rasen (12km SW)
OS Ref (GB):   TF208961 / Sheet: 113
Latitude:53° 26' 50.83" N
Longitude:   0° 10' 51.08" W

Added by Chris Collyer


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Ash Hill stands on private land on the Swinhope estate behind some industrial buildings. On my one and ony visit I think I met the original 'Farmer Palmer', the conversation went something like this-

Farmer "You can't come in here it's private land"
Me "OK, but would it be possible just to have a quick look at the long barrow?"
Farmer "There's no long barrow here"
Me "Err, but it's marked on the map"
Farmer "There's no long barrow here"
Me (shows him the map) "Look, it's marked on the map"
Farmer (after a short silence) "You can't come in here it's private land"

I quite possibly thanked him warmly for his kind assistance. Or maybe I didn't....
Chris Collyer Posted by Chris Collyer
13th May 2002ce

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On the opposite side of the Waithe Beck valley from Hoe Hill barrow, Ash Hill is around 40 metres long, 16 metres wide to the north-east trailing to 10 metres wide at the south-west and stands about 2 metres tall. C. W. Phillips reported in 1932 that there were a number of large trees growing from the mound and that rabbits were 'burrowing freely' in several places. Chris Collyer Posted by Chris Collyer
22nd July 2006ce