Tunstall Hills, inhumation

Tunstall Hills, inhumation

HER Number
155
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Tunstall Hills, inhumation
Place
Tunstall
Map Sheet
NZ35SE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Burial
Site Type: Specific
Inhumation
General Period
UNCERTAIN
Specific Period
Uncertain
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
On the south peak of Tunstall Hill a grave was discovered in 1887 whilst preparing the ground for a bonfire to commemmorate the 50th anniversary of Queen Victoria's reign. The grave had been hewn out of the solid limestone and contained a human skeleton apparently of the Stone Age. This is the only reference to this discovery, and there is no secure evidence for its date.
Easting
439100
Northing
554400
Grid Reference
NZ439100554400
Sources
<< HER 155 >> W.C. Mitchell, 1919, History of Sunderland, p. 10
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 71, no. 7.2