Jesmond, two cists from Crag Hall
Jesmond, two cists from Crag Hall
HER Number
147
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Jesmond, two cists from Crag Hall
Place
Jesmond
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Cist
Site Type: Specific
Cist
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Bronze Age -2,600 to -700
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
In 1844, while levelling the ground in the garden of Crag Hall, Mr. C.M. Adamson's gardener found two cists, beneath stone lids, set 8 foot 3 inches apart. In the cists were four food vessels "containing bones and fine earth". One cist measured 2 feet 4 inches by 1 foot 8 inches; the other 2 feet by 1 foot 7 inches.
Easting
425370
Northing
567510
Grid Reference
NZ425370567510
Sources
<< HER 147 >> J. Bell, Black Gate Society of Antiquaries -album
F.W. Dendy, 1904, An Account of Jesmond, Archaeologia Aeliana, 3, I, pp. 15-16
M.H. Dodds,1930, Northumberland County History, XIII, pp. 11-12
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 36, no. 1
F.W. Dendy, 1904, An Account of Jesmond, Archaeologia Aeliana, 3, I, pp. 15-16
M.H. Dodds,1930, Northumberland County History, XIII, pp. 11-12
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 36, no. 1