West Boldon, Boldon Hill, skeleton

HER Number:
5070

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
West Boldon, Boldon Hill, skeleton

Place:
West Boldon

Map Sheet:
NZ36SE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Burial

Site Type: Specific:
Inhumation

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17?

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Human skeleton discovered by workmen laying sewers on a building site in 1976. The remains were found 2 foot below the surface on a layer of solid limestone. Three skeletons were found nearby in 1965, and these were suggested as plague victims or soldiers from the Battle of Boldon Hill in 1635.

Easting:
35

Northing:
61

Grid Reference:
NZ3561

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5070 >> 1976, Workmen turn up 'cavalier' skeleton, Northern Echo, 13 March 1976