Ryton church, stone coffin

HER Number:
620

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Ryton church, stone coffin

Place:
Ryton

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Funerary Site

Site Type: Specific:
Coffin

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
At the east end of Ryton church there is a solid stone coffin, with the external dimensions - length 2.1 m, width at head 0.7 m, width at foot 0.5 m, depth 0.4 m. The date 1610 has been inscribed on the head end.

Easting:
1516

Northing:
6483

Grid Reference:
NZ15166483

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 620 >> W. Bourn, 1896, History of the Parish of Ryton, p. 29 Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, J.H. Ostridge, 1952, Medieval Stone coffin. ?