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Multi-periodSite Name: Heysham Rock-Cut tombs Alternative Name: Heysham Stone Graves, St Patrick's Rock TombsCountry: England County: Lancashire Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Nearest Town: Morecambe Nearest Village: Heysham
Map Ref: SD4098461655
Latitude: 54.047466N Longitude: 2.902829W
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4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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A set of six of these, two straight-sided and four body-shaped all with socket holes at the top where a wooden cross would have been placed. Two more rock-cut graves can be seen close by. The graves are often filled with rain water.
In 1970 a cemetary to the S of this site was excavated and 85 sets of bones were found and dated to the 10th-11th century. The rock cut graves are grade 1 listed and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Also of interest here is the ruined St Patrick's Chapel, possibly dating back to 750 AD or a little later. The rectangular-shaped chapel measures roughly 27 feet by 9 feet. One of the best bits is the curved Anglo-Saxon doorway. The stonework consists of large lumps of rough-hewn sandstone with thiner stonework sections between and at the top. St Patrick may well have visited this place in the 5th century, though the chapel is much later - although it could have been built to commemorate his landing here. Certainly this is quite a fascinating early Christian site.
This site is scheduled as Historic England List ID 1020535 (St Patrick's early Christian chapel and associated cemetery, Lower Heysham), with a number of associated records:
Rock cut tombs 10m west of chapel: List ID 1292902;
Chapel of St Patrick: List ID 1208949; and
Rock Cut Tombs 4m SE of chapel: List ID 1207215.
The Journal of Antiquities also includes an entry for the hogback - see their page for St Patrick’s Chapel And Rock Graves, Heysham, Lancashire, which includes photographs, directions for finding this site, a description, and a list of reference sources for more information.
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