Bradley Hall, barrow.cist/inhumation
Bradley Hall, barrow.cist/inhumation
HER Number
514
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Bradley Hall, barrow.cist/inhumation
Place
Bradley
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Barrow
Site Type: Specific
Round Barrow
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Bronze Age -2,600 to -700
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
A barrow was opened at Bradley Hall sometime before 1787 and reported in that year. It was found to contain "a square cavity, composed of stones set on edge, which enclosed the remains and ashes of the interred". Later reports describe a skeleton found within the supposed cist. The burial site is thought to have been built on or otherwise destroyed at a later date, perhaps by the construction of an icehouse in the late 18th century.
Easting
412230
Northing
563330
Grid Reference
NZ412230563330
Sources
<< HER 514 >> W. Hutchinson, History of...Durham, Vol. II, p. 552
R. Surtees, 1820, History of...Durham, Vol. II, p. 264
W. Greenwell, 1877, British Barrows, p. 442
Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham & Northumberland, 1880, Meetings, 1876-1897, Vol. II (for 1869-79), p. lxx
Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham & Northumberland, 1890, A Prae-Historic Cist Burial at Sacriston, Vol. III (for 1880-1889), pp. 183-4
W. Bourn, 1896 History of the Parish of Ryton p. 29
W. Page, ed. 1905, Early Man, Victoria County History, Durham, Vol. I, p. 208
R. Young, 1980, An Inventory of Barrows in Co. Durham, Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham & Northumberland, New series Vol. 5, p. 10 no. 46
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 19 no. 1
R. Surtees, 1820, History of...Durham, Vol. II, p. 264
W. Greenwell, 1877, British Barrows, p. 442
Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham & Northumberland, 1880, Meetings, 1876-1897, Vol. II (for 1869-79), p. lxx
Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham & Northumberland, 1890, A Prae-Historic Cist Burial at Sacriston, Vol. III (for 1880-1889), pp. 183-4
W. Bourn, 1896 History of the Parish of Ryton p. 29
W. Page, ed. 1905, Early Man, Victoria County History, Durham, Vol. I, p. 208
R. Young, 1980, An Inventory of Barrows in Co. Durham, Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham & Northumberland, New series Vol. 5, p. 10 no. 46
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 19 no. 1