Tyne and Wear HER(256): Warden Law N. barrow, urned cremation - Details
256
Sunderland
Warden Law N. barrow, urned cremation
Warden Law
NZ35SE
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Burial
Cremation
Prehistoric
Bronze Age
Find
In 1979 an urned cremation was discovered by chance in the side of a quarry at Warden Law. It had originally been buried in a short cist which had been covered by a mound. The site was subsequently excavated. The cremated remains of an individual aged 3 - 6 years were found.
372
505
NZ372505
<< HER 256 >> Excavation report, W, Ford & R. Miket, 1982, An Urned Cremation from Warden Law, Tyne and Wear, Archaeologia Aeliana, 5, X, pp. 53-59
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 71, no. 5