Fulwell Quarries, barrow
Fulwell Quarries, barrow
HER Number
397
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Fulwell Quarries, barrow
Place
Fulwell
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Burial Cairn
Site Type: Specific
Burial Cairn
General Period
UNCERTAIN
Specific Period
Uncertain
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
In 1759, during limestone quarrying, "a ridge of limestone and rubbage" (sic) was removed. The ridge was stated to be about 25 yards long from east to west, about a yard and a half high and nearly six yards wide, with its sides sloping "like the ruins of a rampart". In the middle of this bank, apparently covered by large flat stones (HER no. 398), there was a large human skeleton (HER no. 399), with 2 Roman coins near its right hand. (HER no. 400) A later account adds that "a small urn of unbaked clay" was also found. It has been suggested that this mound could have been a Neolithic long cairn, and the burial a Roman insertion.
Easting
438000
Northing
559000
Grid Reference
NZ438000559000
Sources
<< HER 397 >> P. Collinson, 1763, Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. XXXIII, p. 492 (Oct. 1763)
J. Sykes, 1866, Local Records, Vol. I, p. 221
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, 1952, linear mound (possibly Bronze Agerrow/rampart)
R. Young, 1980, An Inventory of Barrows in Co. Durham, Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, New series, Vol. 5, p. 8 no. 28
H.G. Welfare, 1980, Fulwell Giant, Northern Archaeology, Vol. 1 Part 1, pp. 22-25
J. Sykes, 1866, Local Records, Vol. I, p. 221
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, 1952, linear mound (possibly Bronze Agerrow/rampart)
R. Young, 1980, An Inventory of Barrows in Co. Durham, Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, New series, Vol. 5, p. 8 no. 28
H.G. Welfare, 1980, Fulwell Giant, Northern Archaeology, Vol. 1 Part 1, pp. 22-25