Summerhill, cist (5)

HER Number:
618

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Summerhill, cist (5)

Place:
Summerhill

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Funerary site

Site Type: Specific:
Cist

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:
Bronze Age

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
On 13 November 1939 a cist was uncovered at Summerhill sand quarry, but was not properly recorded or published. Cocks recorded that this cist, which measured 2 feet 11 in x 2 feet 1 in, was found empty. It was placed in hils garden at Lilac Cottage, Barmoor Lane.

Easting:
175

Northing:
634

Grid Reference:
NZ175634

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 618 >> Photo Evening Chronicle, 1939, 13.xi.1939 Photo Newcastle Journal,1939, The Cist of the Bronze Age... 14.xi.1939, p. 5 col. 3 W.A. Cocks, 1952, Cocks' letters etc. - Gateshead Library Local Studies Museum of Antiquities Accession Cards, 1972, Bewes Hill Cist... 1972.34H