Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Local traditions near to a ruined medieval abbey in Lincolnshire, England, talk about a hermit who moved near there in the 7th century and inspired a later monastic community to grow up around the site where he had lived. However, interesting elements of his biography talk about a 'mound,' something that was also observed and drawn by antiquarians in the 18th century and picked up by modern geophysical surveys. Could it be that Saint Gulthlac built his hermitage on the site of a former Bronze Age barrow cemetery?
Several thorough excavations took place a few years ago with the aim to answer this question and now a new paper published in the Journal Field Archaeology has revealed that the site is much more complex than previously thought. The remains of a a large henge have been found, the size of which is unusual in that particular part of England and several other interesting artefacts and buildings belonging to different time periods have emerged.
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00:00 A Hidden Henge Beside a Ruined Abbey
01:00 The Legends Surrounding the Site
04:00 Clues Hidden in the Landscape
05:10 Excavations Reveal a Massive Henge
07:00 What This Discovery Changes
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Wright, D.W. and Willmott, H., 2024. Sacred Landscapes and Deep Time: Mobility, Memory, and Monasticism on Crowland. Journal of Field Archaeology, pp.1-20.
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Drawings and images related to Crowland, credit: Wright, D.W. and Willmott, H., in the paper referenced above.
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Crowland Abbey, credit: Mym
Arch in Crowland Abbey, credit: Barbara Carr
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Beginning of Felix's Life of St Guthlac, 8C, Parker Library, Corpus Christi College
Local traditions near to a ruined medieval abbey in Lincolnshire, England, talk about a hermit who moved near there in the 7th century and inspired a later monastic community to grow up around the site where he had lived. However, interesting elements of his biography talk about a 'mound,' something that was also observed and drawn by antiquarians in the 18th century and picked up by modern geophysical surveys. Could it be that Saint Gulthlac built his hermitage on the site of a former Bronze Age barrow cemetery?
Several thorough excavations took place a few years ago with the aim to answer this question and now a new paper published in the Journal Field Archaeology has revealed that the site is much more complex than previously thought. The remains of a a large henge have been found, the size of which is unusual in that particular part of England and several other interesting artefacts and buildings belonging to different time periods have emerged.
#ancienthistory #archaeology #neolithic
✨ IN THIS EPISODE
00:00 A Hidden Henge Beside a Ruined Abbey
01:00 The Legends Surrounding the Site
04:00 Clues Hidden in the Landscape
05:10 Excavations Reveal a Massive Henge
07:00 What This Discovery Changes
✨ JOIN MY CHANNEL
youtube.com/channel/UC0Hs5t0U6Uf993Tba22YmKA/join
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Instagram & Facebook: @MegalithHunter
Twitter: @Megalith_Hunter
✨ REFERENCES
Wright, D.W. and Willmott, H., 2024. Sacred Landscapes and Deep Time: Mobility, Memory, and Monasticism on Crowland. Journal of Field Archaeology, pp.1-20.
✨ PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS
CC BY 4.0 DEED creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Drawings and images related to Crowland, credit: Wright, D.W. and Willmott, H., in the paper referenced above.
CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Crowland Abbey, credit: Mym
Arch in Crowland Abbey, credit: Barbara Carr
Public domain
Beginning of Felix's Life of St Guthlac, 8C, Parker Library, Corpus Christi College
