Tyne and Wear HER(398): Fulwell Quarries, cist - Details
398
Sunderland
Fulwell Quarries, cist
Fulwell
NZ35NE
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Funerary Site
Cist
Roman
Find
In 1759, during limestone quarrying, "a ridge of limestone and rubbage" (sic) was removed. A skeleton found in the presumed barrow or cairn was protected by "four large flat stones", which could be interpreted as a prehistoric cist burial or a Roman grave inserted in a prehistoric mound. Near the right hand of the body were 2 Roman coins. A later source added "a small urn of unbaked clay" to the finds.
38
59
NZ3859
<< HER 398 >> P. Collinson, 1763, Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. XXXIII, p. 492 (Oct. 1763)
J. Sykes, 1866, Local Records, Vol. I, p. 221
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, 1952 linear mound...containing a cist burial...
H.G. Welfare, 1980, Fulwell Giant, Northern Archaeology, Vol. 1 Part 1, pp. 22-25