| Cave Burial

Birkrigg Common

Excavation

J.S. Erskine and J. Wood, 1935.

Curation

Barrow in Furness Museum

Burials

MNI: 1 (adult)

Finds

: 1 (adult).

Dates

Period	Reliability
Post-Medieval	¹⁴C date obtained directly on human remains

¹⁴C

345 bp (OxA-V2137-27) on human bone.

Field Glossary

Urswick

Cumbria

North West

NGR: SD 2868 7439

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External References

National Monuments Record	SD27 SE 61
Sites and Monument Record	C 2359

Bibliography

Blockley, S.M. (2006) Living and Dying in Transition: Funerary Behaviour, Subsistence and Landscape Use in Britain 16,000-6,000 Cal BP. Unpublished PhD Thesis, University of Bradford.

Erskine, J.S. & Wood, J. (1936) A Birkrigg burial. Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society 36: 151-157.

Article Author Graham Mullan