The Close, stone coffin

HER Number

6582

District

Newcastle

Site Name

The Close, stone coffin

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Coffin

Site Type: Specific

Coffin

General Period

UNCERTAIN

Specific Period

Uncertain

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

A large stone coffin was revealed in 1902 whilst digging the foundations of the new power house of Newcastle and District Electric and Light Company in The Close, on the former site of Messrs A. Hood and Co's sawmill. There was a cylindrical recess for the head, 9 inches in diameter. Length of coffin was 67.5 inches with a maximum width at the shoulders of 18 inches and 12 inches at the foot. 12 inches deep throughout. Donated to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne by Messrs J and W Lawry in 1902.

Easting

424784

Northing

563518

Grid Reference

NZ424784563518

Sources

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Series 2, Vol X (1902), pp 118-9.