Viking Cleveland

                                                                
                                         Ancient  Cleveland   

                                                       

The area of north east England, named Cleveland was originally named by Viking raiders, the exact date of naming is not  known.  But most likely it was named during the earliest Viking visits to the north east shores of England. 

The first  raids by the Vikings on the north east coast are recorded in the  Anglo-Saxon Chronicle  as being 793 AD at Lindisfarne, the circumstances surrounding this early raid have in all probability been stretched far beyond the truth.
 In my mind  similar to the way the Wolf earned its bad reputation i.e.  it was only ever guilty of being what it was a wolf ! .  

My reason for mentioning the earliest recorded raid at Lindisfarne, is to show that the raid was long before the Vikings inhabited what we now know as York.  The Vikings occupied York   Jorvik  in 865 AD, after a large Danish Viking army had landed in East Anglia.

 Vikings were acquainted with the North East coast of England, and the land beyond ( Cleveland ) long before York was named after 865 AD , and almost certainly gave Cleveland its name during there earliest raids . 

   Cleveland as far as I can make out either translates land of rolling hills or Cliff land, I personally opt for the latter, but this is another jigsaw that needs solving.  Regardless of which translation is correct, it seems the Viking named area of ancient Cleveland,  must be far older than the English named area called Yorkshire .  Therefore making Cleveland possibly the oldest surviving Viking named area in England.

This map shows no reference to the North Riding of Yorkshire, but does title the ancient Cleveland area . 
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https://historyofabeck.blogspot.com/2018/03/cleveland-ohios-links-to-ancient.html





                   

Rhizocretion and Aragonite crystals

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These images show another Rhizocretion excavated from the blue grey deposits at Stainsby beck .

 2 The long crystal is about 5mm long 0.5mm mm wide .

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HISTORY OF A BECK

 

 

Leven bank .

  1 These pieces were picked from a beck near the river Leven , near Yarm in Cleveland .

 2 Note the fossil content of the Septerean nodule.  

 3 The radius with ulna still attached is in very good condition with no signs of butchery, or attention from scavengers.

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Richard White, International Wildlife Museum, vertebrate paleontologist , in the warm hole to the rear !

The man to the rear has  advised  me for two years or more , I believe without this mans continued support I may have given up my research long ago cheers Rich !  note the bison skull to the right of Rich .

The International Wildlife Museum

 

 

(Stainsby beck) 29 , 3 ,13 Prehistoric excavation

 1 - excavation site .

 2 The days first find Horse mandible piece .

 3 The last piece excavated was approximately 3 metres into the deposit .

 4 The red outline shows today's area of excavation .

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6  - The horse mandible piece below was excavated approximately 200 mm further into the deposit still buried behind the partially excavated bones shown in this image .  

 7 - 12  Young horse mandible piece .

 

 8 - The erupting teeth show this horse was young .

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 10 - Incisors 

 11- This piece was excavated over two metres further into the deposit , from  the ancient Human tibia shaft , shown being excavated in an earlier post .

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 13 - This image shows all the pieces excavated today , they include two horse mandible pieces Capra - ovis horn cores - scapula piece - rib piece - metacarpal piece - bovine mandible piece .

 14 - I am not sure whether the groves on this metacarpal are a result of Canis chewing or human use . 

 15 - Again ime not sure that the marks on this scapula piece were caused by chewing . .

 16 - I have now had advice from a well respected professional from the United States , that back my own thoughts up about this piece , i.e.  the marks are too long too parallel and too regular too be chew marks .   I believe this to be a tool of some sort maybe a winding device .   Peter Row of Tees Archaeology has viewed these images and  thinks they could possibly be wear marks caused by some type of twine .

Human and animal fossil bones found so far at ... - history of a beck

Fossil bone and artefact excavated to date from - history of a beck

HISTORY OF A BECK: The Stainton gravel beds

More from the Prehistoric deposits at Stainsby beck Cleveland.

1 - This image shows a young bos molar before excavation .

 2 - This image shows how far into the Prehistoric deposits the tooth was excavated from .

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 4 - All of today's excavated pieces.

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 6 - Note the magnets stuck tight to the stone ? in the centre of the image outlined in red .

Human and animal fossil bones found so far at ... - history of a beck

Fossil bone and artefact excavated to date from - history of a beck

HISTORY OF A BECK: The Stainton gravel beds

 

 

 

 

 

Prehistoric lake bed deposits and excavated bone & pot including an Auroch scapular

  1 -  This image shows the latest prehistoric bones and pottery piece excavated from the grey deposits at Stainsby beck south west Cleveland in the north east of England .

  2 - This image is a close up of what I am sure has to be a scapula piece from an extinct Auroch  ( Bos Premigenius ) . I have been advised the Pottery is late iron age to Roman, but no Roman breeds were this big nor local Longifrons wild or semi domesticated.    

  3 - The pottery piece in this image is the third piece ive excavated and i am told it is probably early iron age , I believe it to be a lot older.

 

 

New prehistoric finds Stainsby beck

  1 - deeper into  the prehistoric  grey deposit .

  2 - Prehistoric horse metacarpal .

  3 - Note how deep into the deposit the metacarpal is situated , the Human tibia shaft shown in earlier posts  was excavated about a metre to the left .

  4 - 5  Canis incisor

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Rhizocretion  containing crystals possibly Aragonite .
 

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Better images of crystals thanks to Roger Curry cheers mate .

 

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Human and animal fossil bones found so far at ... - history of a beck

Fossil bone and artefact excavated to date from - history of a beck 

HISTORY OF A BECK: The Stainton gravel beds