Humbledon Hill, iron knife
Humbledon Hill, iron knife
HER Number
21
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Humbledon Hill, iron knife
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Barrow
Site Type: Specific
Knife
General Period
UNCERTAIN
Specific Period
Uncertain
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Near the Humbledon Hill barrow and cinerary urns [HER ref. 8] it is reported that a short iron knife with a curved handle was discovered, and also two skeletons. There is nothing to show whether the knife was associated with any of the reported Humbledon Hill burials.
Easting
438000
Northing
555200
Grid Reference
NZ438000555200
Sources
<< HER 21 >> W.C. Mitchell, 1919, History of Sunderland p. 9
Geoquest 2000, Archaeological Assessment for ... Humbledon Hill, Sunderland
Geoquest 2000, Archaeological Assessment for ... Humbledon Hill, Sunderland