Prehistoric burials found near Angerton (Hartburn)
On May 23 1842 a very ancient grave was found in the Broomhouse sand pit, near Angerton. It consisted of the remains of a woman, placed in a sitting position, with short knives of bronze and flint, besides some ornaments of coal - the whole enclosed with flat stones, about 45ins broad and 27ins high, and covered with three flags one above the other. Many similar graves have been found in and near the same sand pit. (1)
(A reappraisal of the discovery based on the Rev J Hodgson's diary (a) which lists the grave goods as a bronze knife, an ear-drop and eight flat beads of slaty coal, and two sharp knives and a light hammer of flint).
The burial was an inhumation in a normal cist-grave. The grave goods, however, are of unusual interest. Both bronze knives and jet plate-beads occur (if sparsely) in Northumberland, but this is the only occasion on which they have been recorded together.
The necklace suffices to determine the dating of the burial. The type is securely associated with the Food Vessel culture, and the grave therefore belongs (in terms of the most recent views on the chronology of the period) to a secondary phase of the early Bronze Age.
None of the material has survived. (2)
The sandpit, which is situated at NZ 10028483 has been disused for a long time. There is no trace of a cist and no further finds have been recorded. (3)
(A reappraisal of the discovery based on the Rev J Hodgson's diary (a) which lists the grave goods as a bronze knife, an ear-drop and eight flat beads of slaty coal, and two sharp knives and a light hammer of flint).
The burial was an inhumation in a normal cist-grave. The grave goods, however, are of unusual interest. Both bronze knives and jet plate-beads occur (if sparsely) in Northumberland, but this is the only occasion on which they have been recorded together.
The necklace suffices to determine the dating of the burial. The type is securely associated with the Food Vessel culture, and the grave therefore belongs (in terms of the most recent views on the chronology of the period) to a secondary phase of the early Bronze Age.
None of the material has survived. (2)
The sandpit, which is situated at NZ 10028483 has been disused for a long time. There is no trace of a cist and no further finds have been recorded. (3)
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EXCAVATION, Excavation of a burial cist at Broom House, Hartburn 1842; HODGSON, J
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1971; B H Pritchard
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1971; B H Pritchard
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