Grave (Tarset with Greystead)
The discovery of a cist burial at the Sneep, North Tynedale was made by the wearing away of the east side of a small hill of sand and drift gravel by the Tarset burn which flows past its base. It was on the property of Mr J R D Lynn.
The cist was 3ft 9ins long, 2ft 11ins wide at the west end and 1ft 11ins wide at the east end, and 1ft 9ins deep. The cist, which had no covering mound, was four feet below the surface.
Within the cist was the contracted skeleton of a female, a 'drinking cup' (beaker), and seven flints which showed signs of having been shaped by flaking. The 'drinking cup' is 7-1/4ins high, 5-3/8ins diameter at the top and 3-1/8ins at the bottom. The decoration consists of incised bands and a lattice pattern. Two of the flints are of the class known as 'scrapers' but the others appear to be waste flakes. The skeleton, of a female 26-28 years old, had a skull with a cephalic index of 78. (1)
'C' Type Beaker and seven flint flakes from a cist burial at The Sneep in 1889, now in the Blackgate Museum, Newcastle. (2)
Case 4. Exhibit No 1910-15 Beaker. From an unburnt burial at the Sneep, Bellingham, Mr J R D Lynn 1910. (Seven flint flakes unlocated). (3)
Beaker listed as short-necked. (4)
Miss E C Thompson of Gatehouse Farm, who was born at The Sneep, said that she had been told the cist was discovered in the area centred NY 799889. (5)
The area at NY 799889 was extensively perambulated but no trace of a cist (or remains of a 'small hill of sand'!) was seen. (6)
Additional Reference (7)
The cist was 3ft 9ins long, 2ft 11ins wide at the west end and 1ft 11ins wide at the east end, and 1ft 9ins deep. The cist, which had no covering mound, was four feet below the surface.
Within the cist was the contracted skeleton of a female, a 'drinking cup' (beaker), and seven flints which showed signs of having been shaped by flaking. The 'drinking cup' is 7-1/4ins high, 5-3/8ins diameter at the top and 3-1/8ins at the bottom. The decoration consists of incised bands and a lattice pattern. Two of the flints are of the class known as 'scrapers' but the others appear to be waste flakes. The skeleton, of a female 26-28 years old, had a skull with a cephalic index of 78. (1)
'C' Type Beaker and seven flint flakes from a cist burial at The Sneep in 1889, now in the Blackgate Museum, Newcastle. (2)
Case 4. Exhibit No 1910-15 Beaker. From an unburnt burial at the Sneep, Bellingham, Mr J R D Lynn 1910. (Seven flint flakes unlocated). (3)
Beaker listed as short-necked. (4)
Miss E C Thompson of Gatehouse Farm, who was born at The Sneep, said that she had been told the cist was discovered in the area centred NY 799889. (5)
The area at NY 799889 was extensively perambulated but no trace of a cist (or remains of a 'small hill of sand'!) was seen. (6)
Additional Reference (7)
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EXCAVATION, Excavation at Sneep 1892; HEDLEY, R C
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1970; D Smith
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1977; I S Sainsbury
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1970; D Smith
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1977; I S Sainsbury
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