Villa Reale, inhumation
Villa Reale, inhumation
HER Number
148
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Villa Reale, inhumation
Place
Jesmond
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
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
In 1828 Russell Blackbird, owner of Villa Reale, discovered a cist while "trenching some ground for planting". It measured 4 feet x 2 feet x 20 inches deep, and contained the bones of a man and a food vessel. The site, latterly known as Nazareth House, was redeveloped in the 1980s for sheltered housing, but part of the garden remains as informal woodland.
Easting
426000
Northing
565620
Grid Reference
NZ426000565620
Sources
<< HER 148 >> R. Blackbird, 1832, Account of the Discovery of a Stone Vault and Urn, at Villa Real, Archaeologia Aeliana, 1, II, p. 315 & pl. XI
M.A. Richardson, 1843, The Local Historian's Table Book Historical Division, III, p. 373
J. Sykes, 1866, Local Records, Vol. II, p. 218
F.W. Dendy, 1904, An Account of Jesmond, Archaeologia Aeliana, 3, I pp. 14-15
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 36 no. 2
M.A. Richardson, 1843, The Local Historian's Table Book Historical Division, III, p. 373
J. Sykes, 1866, Local Records, Vol. II, p. 218
F.W. Dendy, 1904, An Account of Jesmond, Archaeologia Aeliana, 3, I pp. 14-15
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 36 no. 2