Axwell Park, inhumation
Axwell Park, inhumation
HER Number
505
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Axwell Park, inhumation
Place
Axwell Park
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
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 March 11th 1763 workmen discovered an urn with a little dust in it inside a large stone coffin, in which was a skull with the teeth very fresh, and several large bones. It is not known in what part of the grounds the coffin was found, and it is uncertain what became of it. It is assumed that this was probably a prehistoric burial, probably dating to the bronze age (note HER no. 504, a possible barrow in the Park).
Easting
419000
Northing
562000
Grid Reference
NZ419000562000
Sources
<< HER 505 >> Newcastle Courant, 1763, 19.iii.1763
J. Sykes, 1833, Local Records, Vol. I, p. 240
W. Bourn, 1896, History of the Parish of Ryton, p. 174
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 26 no. 17
J. Sykes, 1833, Local Records, Vol. I, p. 240
W. Bourn, 1896, History of the Parish of Ryton, p. 174
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 26 no. 17