Salters Lane

HER Number

19034

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Salters Lane

Place

Longbenton

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Mortuary Enclosure

Site Type: Specific

Mortuary Enclosure

General Period

PREHISTORIC

Specific Period

Bronze Age -2,600 to -700

Description

These two opposing L-shaped gullies were located adjacent to a barrow (HER 19033) and may represent a small rectilinear enclosure. They were radiocarbon dated to the Later Bronze Age (1420-1260 cal BC) and interpreted as a possible mortuary enclosure.

Easting

426230

Northing

571863

Grid Reference

NZ426230571863

Sources

ASDU, 2020, Land east of Salters Lane, Longbenton, Tyne and Wear: post-excavation assessment. ASDU report 5231.
ASDU, 2021, Land east of Salters Lane, Longbenton, Tyne and Wear: post-excavation analysis. ASDU report 5406.