entity · site_bi_heathery_burn
Heathery Burn Cave
Late Bronze Age cave assemblage from County Durham.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1100 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: broad archaeological range
- informs · defines or contextualizes
Heathery Burn Cave Late Bronze Age collection records — British MuseumCuratorial records for the large Heathery Burn Cave assemblage, including axes, moulds, ornaments and human remains.
Locator: Curator comments and associated-find records for WG.1284 and 1911,1021.9
Research description
Metalwork, moulds, ornaments, faunal remains and human remains may derive from multiple episodes. Quarrying destroyed the cave and weakens contextual resolution, so a single event or purpose is not assumed.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Depositional meaning contested
The physical deposit is secure but its intended meaning or duration is disputed.
Why does this record have this property?
The deposit is archaeologically significant, but cargo loss, storage, offering, closure, repeated accumulation or other mechanisms require context-specific testing.
- Heathery Burn Cave Late Bronze Age collection records
supports assignment · Curator comments and associated-find records for WG.1284 and 1911,1021.9
Evidence and sources
- supports · defines or contextualizes
Heathery Burn Cave Late Bronze Age collection records — British MuseumCuratorial records for the large Heathery Burn Cave assemblage, including axes, moulds, ornaments and human remains.
Locator: Curator comments and associated-find records for WG.1284 and 1911,1021.9
Referenced records
- Northern England archaeological search region · entity
- Geography assertion for site_bi_heathery_burn · geography assertion