Tunstall Hills, cist
Tunstall Hills, cist
HER Number
154
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Tunstall Hills, cist
Place
Tunstall
Map Sheet
NZ35SE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Cist
Site Type: Specific
Cist
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Bronze Age -2,600 to -700
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
In the Summer of 1814, some workmen discovered on the northern side of the southern peak, about six feet from the base, a covered cist made from limestone flags. It measured about four feet square, and was three feet below the surface. On the floor were deposited the fragments of three pots bearing zigzag decorations, all of them containing a rich dark mould in which were small fragments of bone and some human teeth".
Easting
439180
Northing
554420
Grid Reference
NZ439180554420
Sources
<< HER 154 >> R. Surtees, 1816, The History of Durham, Vol. I, p. 249
E. Mackenzie & M. Ross, 1834, View of the County Palatine of Durham, Vol. I, p. 338
W. Greenwell, 1877, British Barrows p. 440
Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham & Northumberland, 1890, A Prae-historic Cist Burial at Sacriston, Vol. III, p. 184
W. Page, ed. 1905, Early man, Victoria County History, Durham Vol. I, p. 208
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 71, no. 7.1
E. Mackenzie & M. Ross, 1834, View of the County Palatine of Durham, Vol. I, p. 338
W. Greenwell, 1877, British Barrows p. 440
Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham & Northumberland, 1890, A Prae-historic Cist Burial at Sacriston, Vol. III, p. 184
W. Page, ed. 1905, Early man, Victoria County History, Durham Vol. I, p. 208
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 71, no. 7.1