Warden Law S. barrow
Warden Law S. barrow
HER Number
255
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Warden Law S. barrow
Place
Warden Law
Map Sheet
NZ35SE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Barrow
Site Type: Specific
Round Barrow
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Neolithic -4,000 to -2,200
Form of Evidence
Earthwork
Description
Mentioned by the antiquarian Greenwell in 1877, the barrow sat on the south slope of Warden Law. It was round, c. 33 feet in diameter, and c. 3 feet high at the centre. On excavation in 1911 it was found to consist largely of stones, with some earth, and had a possible encircling kerb of boulders. No cist was found but a sandstone slab was recorded which may have been the covering stone of a cist. In the barrow were found two much disturbed burials (HER no. 442), and some flints (HER nos. 443-445).
Easting
437630
Northing
550240
Grid Reference
NZ437630550240
Sources
<< HER 255 >> W. Greenwell, 1877, British Barrows, p. 442
C.T. Trechmann, 1914, Prehistoric Burials in the County of Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, 3, XI, pp. 162-167
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, ISS, 1978, Possible Round Barrow/cairn...
R. Young, 1980, An Inventory of Barrows in Co. Durham, Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, New series Vol. 5, p. 13 no. 96
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 70, no. 3
C.T. Trechmann, 1914, Prehistoric Burials in the County of Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, 3, XI, pp. 162-167
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, ISS, 1978, Possible Round Barrow/cairn...
R. Young, 1980, An Inventory of Barrows in Co. Durham, Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, New series Vol. 5, p. 13 no. 96
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 70, no. 3