Fulwell Quarries, stags' horns

HER Number:
6

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Fulwell Quarries, stags' horns

Place:
Fulwell

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Ecofacts

Site Type: Broad:
Animal Remains

Site Type: Specific:
Mammal Remains

General Period:
Unknown

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
A discovery made during quarrying work at Fulwell sometime in the century before Surtees recorded it in 1820. Described as "a kind of square pit ...within which were deposited, a quantity of stags' horns cut into lengths of three or four inches, and resting amongst a deep-coloured substance most resembling animal matter".

Easting:
38640

Northing:
59926

Grid Reference:
NZ3864059926

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 6 >> R. Surtees, 1820, History of...Durham, Vol. II, p. 13 E. Mackenzie and M. Ross, 1834, An Historical...View of Durham, Vol.I, p. 326 W. Fordyce, 1857, History of...Durham, Vol. II, p. 539 J. Sykes, 1866, Local Records, Vol. I, p. 221 R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 59, no. 2.3