Howick stone boxes
The Bronze Age stone boxes from Howick on the North Sea were uncovered northeast of the Mesolithic site of Howick in Northumberland , England .
The burial ground consists of five stone boxes , one of which contained bone fragments. Shattered vessels were found in box 5, which was disturbed by a later cremation pit. However, there was a strange association with the placement of limestone and yellow ocher ax bodies on or next to the capstones of some stone boxes . This is interesting because there are limestone cliffs on the beach, just below the site.
Four of the five boxes were so small that they could only be meant for babies. The bone fragments obtained from box 2 therefore also contained pieces of a small skull. The bone fragment in box 2 survived because this box was made of basalt slabs, unlike the acidic sandstone slabs found in most other boxes. Box 5, in which no bones had been preserved, was about two meters long and the size of an adult.
Another Bronze Age stone box field was discovered on the opposite headland in the south of Howick Burn during the 19th century. One of these boxes had rock carvings on the underside of the capstone. A fragmentary pottery was also found.
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Coordinates: 55 ° 26 ′ 21.2 " N , 1 ° 35 ′ 34.7" W.