Summerhill, cist (5)
Summerhill, cist (5)
HER Number
618
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Summerhill, cist (5)
Place
Summerhill
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
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
On 13 November 1939 a cist was uncovered at Summerhill sand quarry, but was not properly recorded or published. Cocks recorded that this cist, which measured 2 feet 11 in x 2 feet 1 in, was found empty. It was placed in hils garden at Lilac Cottage, Barmoor Lane.
Easting
417500
Northing
563400
Grid Reference
NZ417500563400
Sources
<< HER 618 >> Photo Evening Chronicle, 1939, 13.xi.1939
Photo Newcastle Journal,1939, The Cist of the Bronze Age... 14.xi.1939, p. 5 col. 3
W.A. Cocks, 1952, Cocks' letters etc. - Gateshead Library Local Studies
Museum of Antiquities Accession Cards, 1972, Bewes Hill Cist... 1972.34H
Photo Newcastle Journal,1939, The Cist of the Bronze Age... 14.xi.1939, p. 5 col. 3
W.A. Cocks, 1952, Cocks' letters etc. - Gateshead Library Local Studies
Museum of Antiquities Accession Cards, 1972, Bewes Hill Cist... 1972.34H