Humbledon Hill, barrow
Humbledon Hill, barrow
HER Number
157
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Humbledon Hill, barrow
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Barrow
Site Type: Specific
Round Barrow
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Bronze Age -2,600 to -700
Form of Evidence
Levelled Earthwork
Description
In 1873, during the construction of the Humbledon Hill High Reservoir on the summit of the hill, the barrow was removed and 3 urns were discovered, probably all containing cremations.
Easting
438020
Northing
555240
Grid Reference
NZ438020555240
Sources
<< HER 157 >> G.B. Gibbs, 1912, Early History of the Water Supplies of Sunderland and South Shields, Antiquities of Sunderland Vol. XII (for 1911), p. 33
Transactions Natural History Society Northumberland, Durham & Newcastle, 1877, Note on Cinerary Vases found at Humbledon Hill, near Sunderland, Vol. V (for 1873-6), p. 97
W. Greenwell, 1877, British Barrows pp. 440-1
Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society Durham & Northumberland, 1890, A Prae-Historic Cist Burial at Sacriston, Vol. III (for 1880-89), p. 184
C.T. Trechmann, 1914, Prehistoric Burials in the County of Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, 3, XI, pp. 120-1, 137
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, pp. 60-61, no. 4.1
R. Young, 1980, An Inventory of Barrows in Co. Durham, Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, New series,Vol. 5, p. 12 no. 89
W. Page, ed. 1905, Early Man, Victoria County History, Durham Vol. I, p. 208
Geoquest 2000, Archaeological Assessment for ... Humbledon Hill, Sunderland
Archaeological Services University of Durham, 2001, Humbledon Hill, Sunderland Geophysical Survey
Transactions Natural History Society Northumberland, Durham & Newcastle, 1877, Note on Cinerary Vases found at Humbledon Hill, near Sunderland, Vol. V (for 1873-6), p. 97
W. Greenwell, 1877, British Barrows pp. 440-1
Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society Durham & Northumberland, 1890, A Prae-Historic Cist Burial at Sacriston, Vol. III (for 1880-89), p. 184
C.T. Trechmann, 1914, Prehistoric Burials in the County of Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, 3, XI, pp. 120-1, 137
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, pp. 60-61, no. 4.1
R. Young, 1980, An Inventory of Barrows in Co. Durham, Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, New series,Vol. 5, p. 12 no. 89
W. Page, ed. 1905, Early Man, Victoria County History, Durham Vol. I, p. 208
Geoquest 2000, Archaeological Assessment for ... Humbledon Hill, Sunderland
Archaeological Services University of Durham, 2001, Humbledon Hill, Sunderland Geophysical Survey