Ryton church, stone coffin
Ryton church, stone coffin
HER Number
620
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Ryton church, stone coffin
Place
Ryton
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Coffin
Site Type: Specific
Coffin
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
At the east end of Ryton church there is a solid stone coffin, with the external dimensions - length 2.1 m, width at head 0.7 m, width at foot 0.5 m, depth 0.4 m. The date 1610 has been inscribed on the head end.
Easting
415160
Northing
564830
Grid Reference
NZ415160564830
Sources
<< HER 620 >> W. Bourn, 1896, History of the Parish of Ryton, p. 29
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, J.H. Ostridge, 1952, Medieval Stone coffin. ?
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, J.H. Ostridge, 1952, Medieval Stone coffin. ?