Rock Cut Tombs Approximately 4 Metres South East of Chapel of St Patrick
ROCK CUT TOMBS APPROXIMATELY 4 METRES SOUTH EAST OF CHAPEL OF ST PATRICK, MAIN STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1207215
- Date first listed:
- 06-Apr-1979
- Statutory Address:
- ROCK CUT TOMBS APPROXIMATELY 4 METRES SOUTH EAST OF CHAPEL OF ST PATRICK, MAIN STREET
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1207215
- Date first listed:
- 06-Apr-1979
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 20-Jan-1993
- Statutory Address 1:
- ROCK CUT TOMBS APPROXIMATELY 4 METRES SOUTH EAST OF CHAPEL OF ST PATRICK, MAIN STREET
Location
- Statutory Address:
- ROCK CUT TOMBS APPROXIMATELY 4 METRES SOUTH EAST OF CHAPEL OF ST PATRICK, MAIN STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- Lancaster (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 40998 61649
Details
MORECAMBE AND HEYSHAM
SD4061 MAIN STREET, Heysham 939-1/7/18 (West side (off)) 06/04/79 Rock-cut tombs approx 4m SE of Chapel of St Patrick (Formerly Listed as: MAIN STREET, Heysham (West side (off)) Rock-cut tombs around St Patrick's Chapel)
GV I
Two graves. Pre-Conquest. cut into the sandstone rock close to St Patrick's Chapel (qv). One is child-sized. Both have socket-holes probably intended for timber crosses. An associated cemetery to the south of the chapel was excavated in the 1970s and bones were dated to the 10th and 11th centuries. Forms part of a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Listing NGR: SD4099961649
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 391834
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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