Atkinson Road, cist

A sand-filled cavity, the top ornamented by rows of limpet shells, beneath a stone slab 7-8 feet long x 2.5 feet wide and circa 6 inches thick. Some deeply inscribed 'letters' about 2 inches long were reported on the upper stone surface. The cavity contained a skeleton and two earthenware jars. The smaller pot was decorated with a criss-cross pattern and the larger one with embossed knobs. The recoginition of the lettering on the grave cover seems suspect; alternatively, the burial may not be prehistoric, although the pottery sounds prehistoric and the limpet shells have been a feature of other burials of the period. Recorded during the construction of Atkinson road, Fulwell in 1927