Fulwell, Carley Hill Quarry, human bones

HER Number:
357

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Fulwell, Carley Hill Quarry, human bones

Place:
Fulwell

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Funerary site

Site Type: Specific:
Human Remains

General Period:
Unknown

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
In donating a Roman object to the Newcastle Society of Antiquaries, Dr. Clanney reported that, at the same time as its discovery in November 1820, "immediately above the excavation of the Limestone at Carley Hill Quarry,... about 200 yards West of Hill House...whilst removing the surplus soil,... there were found...several portions of Human Bones and a quantity of common rock Limpet Shells imbedded in limestone rubbish and surface soil".

Easting:
381

Northing:
593

Grid Reference:
NZ381593

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 357 >> Dr. Clanney, 1822, Donations, Archaeologia Aeliana, 1, I, p. 13 M.A. Richardson, 1843, The Local Historian's Table Book, Historical Division, Vol. III, p. 215 W.Fordyce, 1857, History of...Durham, Vol. II, p. 539 J.W. Summers, 1858, History of...Sunderland, pp.. 16-17 W.H.D. Longstaffe, 1858, Durham before the Conquest, Proceedings of the Archaeological Institute Newcastle, p. 76 R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 59, no. 2.1