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Latitude: 54.0474 / 54°2'50"N
Longitude: -2.9026 / 2°54'9"W
OS Eastings: 340998
OS Northings: 461649
OS Grid: SD409616
Mapcode National: GBR 8P5M.DV
Mapcode Global: WH845.DJ1J
Plus Code: 9C6V23WW+XX
Entry Name: Rock Cut Tombs Approximately 4 Metres South East of Chapel of St Patrick
Listing Date: 6 April 1979
Last Amended: 20 January 1993
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1207215
English Heritage Legacy ID: 391834
ID on this website: 101207215
Location: Lower Heysham, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA3
County: Lancashire
District: Lancaster
Electoral Ward/Division: Heysham Central
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Heysham
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lancashire
Church of England Parish: Heysham St Peter
Church of England Diocese: Blackburn
Tagged with: Rock-cut tomb
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
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