Marsden, inhumation

HER Number:
884

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Marsden, inhumation

Place:
Marsden

Map Sheet:
NZ36SE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Burial

Site Type: Specific:
Inhumation

General Period:
Unknown

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
The Archaeological Newsletter was quoted by Miket as follows: "A bronze age burial has been unearthed by Mr Cuthbert of the Marsden Estate, South Shields, Durham, while digging in his garden. Several bones, teeth and fragments of skull were also found. Dr I. A. Richmond has inspected the find". Miket went on to comment as follows: "The firm attribution of the burial to the 'bronze age' and a belief that Richmond would make such an identification without firm dating evidence are both incredible".

Easting:
39

Northing:
64

Grid Reference:
NZ3964

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 884 >> R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 85 no. 7