Tunstall Hills, cremations in urns
Tunstall Hills, cremations in urns
HER Number
331
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Tunstall Hills, cremations in urns
Place
Tunstall
Map Sheet
NZ35SE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Burial
Site Type: Specific
Cremation Burial
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Bronze Age -2,600 to -700
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
In the Summer of 1914, some workmen discovered a covered cist made from limestone flags on the northern side of the southern peak, about six feet from the base. On the floor were the fragments of three urns "of very rude and inelegant form, ornamented with zigzag", all of them containing a rich dark mould, in which were interspersed small fragments of bone and some human teeth, the remains of cremations.
Easting
439180
Northing
554420
Grid Reference
NZ439180554420
Sources
<< HER 331 >> R. Surtees, 1816, History of...Durham, Vol. I, p. 249
E. Mackenzie & M. Ross, 1834, View of the County Palatine of Durham, Vol. I, p. 338
W. Greenwell, 1877, British Barrows, p. 440
Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, 1890, A Prae-Historic Cist Burial at Sacriston, Vol. III, p. 184
W. Page, ed. 1905, Early Man, Victoria County History, Durham, Vol. I, p. 208
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 71 no. 7.1
E. Mackenzie & M. Ross, 1834, View of the County Palatine of Durham, Vol. I, p. 338
W. Greenwell, 1877, British Barrows, p. 440
Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, 1890, A Prae-Historic Cist Burial at Sacriston, Vol. III, p. 184
W. Page, ed. 1905, Early Man, Victoria County History, Durham, Vol. I, p. 208
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 71 no. 7.1