Fulwell Quarries, stags' horns
Fulwell Quarries, stags' horns
HER Number
6
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Fulwell Quarries, stags' horns
Place
Fulwell
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Mammal Remains
General Period
UNCERTAIN
Specific Period
Uncertain
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
A discovery made during quarrying work at Fulwell sometime in the century before Surtees recorded it in 1820. Described as "a kind of square pit ...within which were deposited, a quantity of stags' horns cut into lengths of three or four inches, and resting amongst a deep-coloured substance most resembling animal matter".
Easting
438640
Northing
559926
Grid Reference
NZ438640559926
Sources
<< HER 6 >> R. Surtees, 1820, History of...Durham, Vol. II, p. 13
E. Mackenzie and M. Ross, 1834, An Historical...View of Durham, Vol.I, p. 326
W. Fordyce, 1857, History of...Durham, Vol. II, p. 539
J. Sykes, 1866, Local Records, Vol. I, p. 221
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 59, no. 2.3
E. Mackenzie and M. Ross, 1834, An Historical...View of Durham, Vol.I, p. 326
W. Fordyce, 1857, History of...Durham, Vol. II, p. 539
J. Sykes, 1866, Local Records, Vol. I, p. 221
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 59, no. 2.3