Cave Burial

Gazetteer of Caves, Fissures and Rock Shelters in Britain Containing Human Remains

Bishop Middleham Quarries

Excavation

A. Raistrick, 1932.

Curation

Hancock Museum, Newcastle; Natural History Museum, London.

Burials

MNI: 11+ (10+ adults, 1 juvenile).

Finds

Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age pottery, bronze artefact, bone point, animal bones.

Dates

PeriodReliability
Iron Age14C date obtained on organic material closely associated with a burial, or, undated human remains closely associated with diagnostic prehistoric artifects or other datable material

14C

-

Field Glossary

Bishop Middleham

County Durham

North East

NGR: NZ 3322 3209

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External References

National Monuments RecordNZ 33 SW 20
Sites and Monument RecordD1125

Bibliography

Raistrick, A. (1933) Excavation of a cave at Bishop Middleham, Durham. Archaeologia Aeliana 10: 111-122.

Article Author Graham Mullan