Tynemouth, Medieval cemetery

HER Number:
130

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Medieval cemetery

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Cemetery

Site Type: Specific:
Inhumation Cemetery

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C12

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Human bones were found under Front Street, Tynemouth, on a number of occasions, notably in 1852, 1951, 1974 and 1976 during the laying of water mains or building operations. The bones have been discovered "within a short distance of the castle gates"; on the north side of the street; and most recently 1 to 2 feet below the pavement on the south side, in front of nos. 54 - 60. Radiocarbon analysis of a sample from the 1976 finds produced a radiocarbon date of c.1170 A.D.

Easting:
370

Northing:
694

Grid Reference:
NZ370694

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 130 >> Newcastle Courant, 1852 - 02-Apr The Journal, 1974, 31-Jan B. Harbottle, 1978, An Early Cemetery at Tynemouth, Archaeologia Aeliana, 5, VI, article X 1952, Pathologist's report, Bones found during excavations at Tynemouth 1951