King’s Hill barrow
King’s Hill barrow is an archaeological site in Bardney, West Lindsey District, England. King’s Hill barrow is situated nearby to the monastery Bardney Abbey, as well as near the forest Scotgrove Wood.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site in Bardney, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “King’s Hill”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bardney Abbey and St Lawrence’s Church, Bardney.
Bardney Abbey
Monastery
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bardney Abbey in Lincolnshire, England, was a Benedictine monastery founded in 697 by King Æthelred of Mercia, who was to become the first abbot. The monastery was supposedly destroyed during a Danish raid in 869. Bardney Abbey is situated 2,500 feet west of King’s Hill barrow.
St Lawrence’s Church, Bardney
Church
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Lawrence's Church is the parish church of Bardney in Lincolnshire, England. It is one of the oldest buildings in the village and the only one with Grade I listed status. St Lawrence’s Church, Bardney is situated 1 mile south of King’s Hill barrow.
Southrey Wood
Forest
Photo: Dave Hitchborne, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Southrey Wood is reserve near Bardney in the county of Lincolnshire, England. Butterfly Conservation manages this reserve. It is 22 acres in extent. The woodland forms part of the Bardney Limewoods National Nature Reserve. Southrey Wood is situated 2 miles south of King’s Hill barrow.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bardney and Stainfield.
Bardney
Village
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bardney is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish was 1,643 at the 2001 census increasing to 1,848 at the 2011 census.
Stainfield
Hamlet
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stainfield is a village and civil parish about 10 miles east of the city of Lincoln, in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 189. Stainfield is situated 1½ miles northwest of King’s Hill barrow.
Tupholme Abbey
Locality
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tupholme Abbey was a Premonstratensian abbey close to the River Witham some 10.5 miles east of the city of Lincoln, England and one of nine such abbeys within the historical county. Tupholme Abbey is situated 2 miles southeast of King’s Hill barrow.
King’s Hill barrow
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Bardney, West Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.22152° or 53° 13′ 18″ northLongitude
-0.32217° or 0° 19′ 20″ westOpen location code
9C5X6MCH+J4OpenStreetMap ID
node 2321744606OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q17643947
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Scotgrove Wood and Snakeholme Pit Nature Reserve.
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