Goatscrag
Excavation
C.B. Burgess, 1967-8.
Curation
Newcastle Museum.
Burials
MNI: 5 cremations (4 adults, 1 juvenile).
Finds
Flint flakes and scrapers, Food Vessel pottery, lignite bead.
Dates
| Period | Reliability |
|---|---|
| Bronze Age | 14C 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
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Additional Notes
Probably Early Bronze Age.
External References
| National Monuments Record | NT 93 NE 20 |
| Sites and Monument Record | N1962 |
Bibliography
Burgess, C.B. (1972) Goatscrag: a Bronze Age rock shelter cemetery in North Northumberland, with notes on other rock shelters and crag lines in the region. Archaeologia Aeliana 50: 15-69.
Cowie, T.G. (1978) Bronze Age Food Vessel Urns in Northern Britain. British Archaeological Reports British Series 55. B.A.R., Oxford.
Van Hoek, M.A.M. & Smith, C. (1988) Rock carvings at Goatscrag rock shelters, Northumberland. Archaeologia Aeliana 16: 29-35.
Weyman, J. (1984) The Mesolithic in North-East England. in Miket, R. & Burgess, C. (eds) Between and Beyond the Walls. Donald, Edinburgh, pp. 38-51.
Article Author Graham Mullan