Anglo-Saxon burial and Bronze Age round cairn (Capheaton)
(NZ 01887954) Tumulus (site of). (1)
An Anglo-Saxon hanging bowl with two debased escutcheons, a ring, pieces of copper, and human bones were found near two large stones about 1ft below the surface when a tumulus 100 yards south of the road from Capheaton to White House, and near the east side of the way from Kirkharle to Kirkheaton, was opened prior to 1813. (2)
The bowl was later restored by the British Museum and is now in the Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle, accession number 1813.25. (3)
The site of the tumulus falls in a pasture field, and is recognisable as a vague, unportrayable swelling. Pagan primary burials in Northumberland are rare, this is likely, therefore, to be secondary in a Bronze Age barrow. (4)
Hanging bowl from a tumulus [as above]. In Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle upon Tyne, accession number 1813.25. 7th century.
Hanging bowl measures 80mm-87mm rim diameter, 193mm-195mm shoulder diameter, 64mm base diameter. Beaten from paper-thin sheet bronze. (5)
Burials and associated finds from a barrow, [details as above]. 7th century AD. (6)
Additional reference (7a)
An Anglo-Saxon hanging bowl with two debased escutcheons, a ring, pieces of copper, and human bones were found near two large stones about 1ft below the surface when a tumulus 100 yards south of the road from Capheaton to White House, and near the east side of the way from Kirkharle to Kirkheaton, was opened prior to 1813. (2)
The bowl was later restored by the British Museum and is now in the Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle, accession number 1813.25. (3)
The site of the tumulus falls in a pasture field, and is recognisable as a vague, unportrayable swelling. Pagan primary burials in Northumberland are rare, this is likely, therefore, to be secondary in a Bronze Age barrow. (4)
Hanging bowl from a tumulus [as above]. In Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle upon Tyne, accession number 1813.25. 7th century.
Hanging bowl measures 80mm-87mm rim diameter, 193mm-195mm shoulder diameter, 64mm base diameter. Beaten from paper-thin sheet bronze. (5)
Burials and associated finds from a barrow, [details as above]. 7th century AD. (6)
Additional reference (7a)
N10186
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1968; D Smith
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