Newburn, burial ground

HER Number:
1298

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newburn, burial ground

Place:
Newburn

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Funerary site

Site Type: Specific:
Human Remains

General Period:
Unknown

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Implied Evidence

Description:
In 1897 quarrying near Newburn revealed bones of, it was said, both men and horses, iron musket balls, and cannon balls and small projectiles of stone. The bones were described as lying "in situ immediately below the surface of the ground, at the extreme top of the quarry...". The suggestion that these were casualties from the Battle of Newburn is considered dubious and the site of the quarry is not known.

Easting:
173

Northing:
652

Grid Reference:
NZ173652

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1298 >> Perrin, 1899, Discoveries near Newburn, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 2, VIII (for 1897-98), 34-35 and n. Newcastle Daily Journal, 1897, 31 May 1897 M.H. Dodds, 1930, Newburn and Newburn Hall Townships, Northumberland County History, XIII, 137-8 Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, JR, JN, 1958, Burial ground (Battle of Newburn A.D. 1640)