Warden Law N. barrow, urned cremation

HER Number:
256

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Warden Law N. barrow, urned cremation

Place:
Warden Law

Map Sheet:
NZ35SE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Burial

Site Type: Specific:
Cremation

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:
Bronze Age

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
In 1979 an urned cremation was discovered by chance in the side of a quarry at Warden Law. It had originally been buried in a short cist which had been covered by a mound. The site was subsequently excavated. The cremated remains of an individual aged 3 - 6 years were found.

Easting:
372

Northing:
505

Grid Reference:
NZ372505

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 256 >> Excavation report, W, Ford & R. Miket, 1982, An Urned Cremation from Warden Law, Tyne and Wear, Archaeologia Aeliana, 5, X, pp. 53-59 R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 71, no. 5