Fulwell Quarries, cist

HER Number:
398

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Fulwell Quarries, cist

Place:
Fulwell

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Funerary Site

Site Type: Specific:
Cist

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
In 1759, during limestone quarrying, "a ridge of limestone and rubbage" (sic) was removed. A skeleton found in the presumed barrow or cairn was protected by "four large flat stones", which could be interpreted as a prehistoric cist burial or a Roman grave inserted in a prehistoric mound. Near the right hand of the body were 2 Roman coins. A later source added "a small urn of unbaked clay" to the finds.

Easting:
38

Northing:
59

Grid Reference:
NZ3859

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 398 >> P. Collinson, 1763, Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. XXXIII, p. 492 (Oct. 1763) J. Sykes, 1866, Local Records, Vol. I, p. 221 Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, 1952 linear mound...containing a cist burial... H.G. Welfare, 1980, Fulwell Giant, Northern Archaeology, Vol. 1 Part 1, pp. 22-25