Carley Hill Quarry, human bones
Carley Hill Quarry, human bones
HER Number
357
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Carley Hill Quarry, human bones
Place
Fulwell
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Human Remains
Site Type: Specific
Human Remains
General Period
UNCERTAIN
Specific Period
Uncertain
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
In donating a Roman object to the Newcastle Society of Antiquaries, Dr. Clanney reported that, at the same time as its discovery in November 1820, "immediately above the excavation of the Limestone at Carley Hill Quarry,... about 200 yards West of Hill House...whilst removing the surplus soil,... there were found...several portions of Human Bones and a quantity of common rock Limpet Shells imbedded in limestone rubbish and surface soil".
Easting
438100
Northing
559300
Grid Reference
NZ438100559300
Sources
<< HER 357 >> Dr. Clanney, 1822, Donations, Archaeologia Aeliana, 1, I, p. 13
M.A. Richardson, 1843, The Local Historian's Table Book, Historical Division, Vol. III, p. 215
W.Fordyce, 1857, History of...Durham, Vol. II, p. 539
J.W. Summers, 1858, History of...Sunderland, pp.. 16-17
W.H.D. Longstaffe, 1858, Durham before the Conquest, Proceedings of the Archaeological Institute Newcastle, p. 76
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 59, no. 2.1
M.A. Richardson, 1843, The Local Historian's Table Book, Historical Division, Vol. III, p. 215
W.Fordyce, 1857, History of...Durham, Vol. II, p. 539
J.W. Summers, 1858, History of...Sunderland, pp.. 16-17
W.H.D. Longstaffe, 1858, Durham before the Conquest, Proceedings of the Archaeological Institute Newcastle, p. 76
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 59, no. 2.1