Hi, thought I would let you know about a new
formation in Lincolnshire Circle is located at Spellow Hills Long
barrow near Langton by Spilsby Lincolnshire.
I have sent a rough diagram of the pattern after
a brief walk into the formation, however my camera failed to operate
within the formation, so no shots but worked perfectly well outside
of the formation from the top of the embankment where the photos
were
taken from. Overall the formation looks to be very neat and crisp
would say its about 250 foot across.
I looked into the area and found that that
Spellow Hills were originally 'Spellhou' - incorporating a word for
hill, so now it's a bit of a double name. The barrow (looking as it
does like several barrows) was known as the 'Hills of the Slain' and
it was said 'bones and armour were found' inside 'many years ago'.
The barrow was also regarded as a place where plague victims had
been buried,
or the dead soldiers from a mythical 'Battle of Partney' (Partney
being a nearby village).
Jim Lincslad |
