RANBY HOE, MARKET STAINTON

Reference Name MLI40391

Name:
RANBY HOE, MARKET STAINTON

Summary:
RANBY HOE, MARKET STAINTON

Location:
MARKET STAINTON, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

Description:
SITE OF POSSIBLE TUMULUS, SUPPOSED TO BE SITE OF TUMULUS LEVELLED IN THE 19TH CENTURY.{1}{2}{3}
NOTE 40392 TUMULUS LEVELLED IN 1833 AND 40393 BEACON HILL. THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME CONFUSION BETWEEN THE THREE. REV JAMES ALPASS PENNY IN 1922 SAID RANBY HOE WAS A TUMULUS CLOSE TO RANBY CHURCH THAT WAS REMOVED ABOUT 70 YEARS AGO. HE ALSO SAYS THE HOE WAS A MEETING PLACE OF ASSEMBLY FOR LINCOLNSHIRE FORCES UNDER SIR ROBERT WILLIS. THE GROUP MARCHED TO LONDON BUT ENDED THEIR LOT IN LOSECOTE FIELD NEAR EMPRINGHAM, RUTLAND IN 1470.{3}
There is a cropmark ring ditch recorded very close to this location (TF 2272 7915). {4}

Sources:
1 Map: OS. 1956. OS 6 INCH SERIES. TF27NW2
2 Index: OS CARD INDEX. MARKET STAINTON. -,1964, FEATHERSTONE K J A
3 Bibliographic reference: PENNY, J. A.. 1922. MORE FOLKLORE AROUND HORNCASTLE. P 54
4 Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. LINCOLNSHIRE. TF2279:LI.568.7.1-2