Rock Cut Tombs Approximately 4 Metres South East Of Chapel Of St Patrick is a Grade I listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 April 1979. Tomb.

Rock Cut Tombs Approximately 4 Metres South East Of Chapel Of St Patrick

WRENN ID: steep-lime-starling
Grade: I
Local Planning Authority: Lancaster
Country: England
Date first listed: 6 April 1979
Type: Tomb
Source: Historic England listing

Description

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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