Grim's Mound
The non-megalithic round hill Grim’s Mound is located north of the hamlet of Grimblethorpe on the dirt trail Viking Way in the area of Gayton le Wold in Lincolnshire , England .
The well-preserved round burial mound is about 2.5 m high and 20 m in diameter. The hill is 110 m above sea level at the highest point of a north-south running spur with a view of the surrounding hilly landscape. The fact that the site is bounded by a tributary of the Bain River that flows past to the west was probably also of importance for the choice of site. The Bain is associated with these monuments in several ways, most of which are further south, such as Henge Shearman’s Wath . The fields on the hill are rich in flint .
etymology
Grim is a synonym for the pagan god Odin . See also Grimsby (Grims Place), Grim's Dyke (for the Antoninus Wall ), Grim's Ditch an earthwork , Grims lake (Grims lake), Grimes Graves flint mines, Grimsbury Castle Hillfort in Oxfordshire , Grimsthorpe Castle in England and Grimstorp (Grims village) at Esbjerg in Denmark, Grimspound in Cornwall , Grimsay an Hebridean and Graemsay an Orkney island , Grimstad a place in Norway and several places called Grimston in England.
It is of interest that nearby are the remains of medieval villages (West Wykeham, East Wykeham, Calcethorpe, South Cadeby and Biscanthorpe), their suffixes "-ing", "-ingham" and "-ham" (home) and over 600 sometimes "-by" (place) and more than 300 times "-thorpe" (village) (corresponds to the German ending "-trop" in Bottrop, Waltrop, Castrop, Finnentrop etc.) suggest that they were northern European settlers.
context
Non-megalithic round mounds are a Neolithic or Bronze Age phenomenon, which, located in the middle of the larger distribution area of the non-megalithic long mounds , is concentrated in the north-east of England and is typologically counted among the megalithic complexes.
The approximately 40 round mounds that have been preserved contain multiple burials with a few grave goods . On Callis Wold in East Yorkshire and in Seamer Moore in North Yorkshire, foundation trenches for wooden facades and a concentration of burials in a straight line indicate that the chamber construction was identical to that of the Long Barrows.
See also
literature
- Paul Ashbee: The Earthen Long Barrow in Britain: An Introduction to the Study of the Funerary Practice and Culture of the Neolithic People of the Third Millennium BC. Geo Books 1984. ISBN 0-8609-4170-1 .
- Frances Lynch: Megalithic Tombs and Long Barrows in Britain. Shire Publications Ltd. 1997 ISBN 0-7478-0341-2 .
Web links
- Post by Grim's Mound on the website of Historic England (English)
- Description and picture (English)
Coordinates: 53 ° 21 '54 " N , 0 ° 8' 57.2" W.