Tyne Dock, animal bones
Tyne Dock, animal bones
HER Number
864
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Tyne Dock, animal bones
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Mammal Remains
General Period
UNCERTAIN
Specific Period
Uncertain
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
During the construction of Tyne Dock in 1855, remains of red deer, together with two skulls of the Bos primigenius, a gigantic extinct ox, were found embedded at a depth of seven or eight feet in the silt.
Easting
435300
Northing
565300
Grid Reference
NZ435300565300
Sources
<< HER 864 >> G.B. Hodgson, 1903, The Borough of South Shields, p. 3
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 81 no. 6
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 81 no. 6