West Boldon, Boldon Hill, skeleton
West Boldon, Boldon Hill, skeleton
HER Number
5070
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
West Boldon, Boldon Hill, skeleton
Place
West Boldon
Map Sheet
NZ36SE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Burial
Site Type: Specific
Inhumation
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Human skeleton discovered by workmen laying sewers on a building site in 1976. The remains were found 2 foot below the surface on a layer of solid limestone. Three skeletons were found nearby in 1965, and these were suggested as plague victims or soldiers from the Battle of Boldon Hill in 1635.
Easting
435000
Northing
561000
Grid Reference
NZ435000561000
Sources
<< HER 5070 >> 1976, Workmen turn up 'cavalier' skeleton, Northern Echo, 13 March 1976