Tinkler Row, cairn

HER Number

11237

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Tinkler Row, cairn

Place

Tinkler Row

Map Sheet

NZ25NW

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Cairn

Site Type: Specific

Cairn

General Period

PREHISTORIC

Specific Period

Prehistoric -1,000 000 to 43

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

"Near to the line of an ancient road at Tinkler Row are the remains of a tumulus formed of very small stones"

Easting

421000

Northing

558000

Grid Reference

NZ421000558000

Sources

Roger Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p 31; W.H.D. Longstaffe, 1858, Durham Before the Conquest Vol 1, Proceedings of the Archaeological Institute, p 74