St Michael's, Burials

HER Number

17814

District

Sunderland

Site Name

St Michael's, Burials

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Burial

Site Type: Specific

Inhumation

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

Articulated burials and disarticulated bone identified beneath the cut for the foundation of the southern boundary wall of St Michael’s Minster. This suggests that the original boundary wall was located further southwards and westwards of the current wall position.

Easting

439290

Northing

556920

Grid Reference

NZ439290556920

Sources

Allen Archaeology, 2019. Archaeological Scheme of Works Report: Bishopwearmouth Heritage Townscape Scheme, Sunderland