Claxheugh, River Wear, skeletal material

HER Number:
18

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Claxheugh, River Wear, skeletal material

Place:
Claxheugh

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Ecofacts

Site Type: Broad:
Animal Remains

Site Type: Specific:
Human Remains

General Period:
Unknown

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Dredging the River Wear opposite Claxheugh produced large quantities of human bones and deer antlers, and a Roman coin. Johnson reported on 3 human skulls, two of which he believed to be male Roman soldiers, the third probably a young woman, perhaps a slave. The date he gave them was the result of the discovery, also in the dredging, of a Roman coin.

Easting:
362

Northing:
577

Grid Reference:
NZ362577

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 18 >> F.H. Johnson, 1860, On Ancient Remains found in the bed of the River Wear, at Claxheugh. Tyneside Naturalist's Field Club Vol. IV (for 1858-60), pp. 117-122