Silksworth, Steeple Hill, barrow
Silksworth, Steeple Hill, barrow
HER Number
159
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Silksworth, Steeple Hill, barrow
Place
Silksworth
Map Sheet
NZ35SE
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 February, 1876, the small natural mound of sand and gravel, with a small barrow on top, called Steeple Hill, was removed. Inside it was a cist which contained a contracted skeleton, and two Food Vessels, in one of which was a cremation. Nearby was a second skeleton. The area is now covered by allotments.
Easting
438300
Northing
552900
Grid Reference
NZ438300552900
Sources
<< HER 159 >> W. Greenwell, 1877, British Barrows, p. 441
Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, 1890, A Prae-Historic Cist Burial at Sacriston, Vol. III (for 1880-9), p. 184
W. Page, ed. 1905, Early Man, Victoria County History, Durham, Vol. I, p. 208
W.Mitchell, 1919, History of Sunderland, p. 11
A.M. Gibson, 1978, Bronze Age Pottery in the North-East of England, British Archaeological Report, Vol. 56, p. 76
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 72, no. 10
R. Young, 1980, An Inventory of Barrows in Co. Durham, Transactions Architectural & Archaeological Society Durham & Northumberland, New Series, Vol. 5, p. 13 no. 92
Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, 1890, A Prae-Historic Cist Burial at Sacriston, Vol. III (for 1880-9), p. 184
W. Page, ed. 1905, Early Man, Victoria County History, Durham, Vol. I, p. 208
W.Mitchell, 1919, History of Sunderland, p. 11
A.M. Gibson, 1978, Bronze Age Pottery in the North-East of England, British Archaeological Report, Vol. 56, p. 76
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 72, no. 10
R. Young, 1980, An Inventory of Barrows in Co. Durham, Transactions Architectural & Archaeological Society Durham & Northumberland, New Series, Vol. 5, p. 13 no. 92