Billy Mill, inhumation
Billy Mill, inhumation
HER Number
491
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Billy Mill, inhumation
Place
Billy Mill
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Burial
Site Type: Specific
Inhumation
General Period
UNCERTAIN
Specific Period
Uncertain
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
A stone coffin was discovered in 1790 about five feet from the surface, covered by a large flat stone with no inscription on it. The complete skeleton within the coffin, or cist, mouldered to dust on being exposed to the air.
Easting
433600
Northing
569200
Grid Reference
NZ433600569200
Sources
<< HER 491 >> E. Mackenzie, 1825, View of Northumberland, Vol. 2, p. 460
M.A. Richardson, 1842, The Local Historian's Table Book: Historical Division Vol. II, p. 333
H.H.E. Craster, ed. 1907, Chirton Township, Northumberland County History, Vol. VIII, p. 316
M.A. Richardson, 1842, The Local Historian's Table Book: Historical Division Vol. II, p. 333
H.H.E. Craster, ed. 1907, Chirton Township, Northumberland County History, Vol. VIII, p. 316