Sunderland, Humbledon Hill, inhumations

HER Number:
20

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Humbledon Hill, inhumations

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Burial

Site Type: Specific:
Inhumation

General Period:
Unknown

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Near the Humbledon Hill barrow and cinerary urns [HER ref. 8] it is reported that two skeletons of a great size were discovered, and also a short iron knife with a curved handle [HER ref. 21]. Mitchell also noted that a prehistoric burial had been found on Humbledon Hill in 1750, but gave no reference. Although probably prehistoric, there is nothing to show whether the burials were associated with the barrow.

Easting:
380

Northing:
552

Grid Reference:
NZ380552

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 20 >> W.C. Mitchell, 1919, History of Sunderland p. 9 Geoquest 2000, Archaeological Assessment for ... Humbledon Hill, Sunderland