Bronze Age burials found near the River North Tyne west of Acomb (Acomb)
[Area NY 9181 6645] During excavations for the Border Counties Railway two graves were discovered on the banks of the North Tyne opposite Warden. Each contained a skull and a number of bones and in one was a 'clay urn'. (1)
In the same area and under the same circumstances a short cist, 42ins x 24ins, containing a crouched inhumation and an urn 'of common type', 5ins high, were found in August, 1856. This is probably one of the burials mentioned above. (2)
No further information. (3)
[As (1)]. Each grave had a skull and several bones, one contained an iron bucket-shaped pot. (4)
In the same area and under the same circumstances a short cist, 42ins x 24ins, containing a crouched inhumation and an urn 'of common type', 5ins high, were found in August, 1856. This is probably one of the burials mentioned above. (2)
No further information. (3)
[As (1)]. Each grave had a skull and several bones, one contained an iron bucket-shaped pot. (4)
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EXCAVATION, Warden 1856; ANON
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1966; R W Emsley
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1966; R W Emsley
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