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Join us for a series of intimate folk concerts at Cullercoats Watch House, a unique and quirky venue in the heart of Cullercoats. Please bring your own refreshments.

Beneath This Ground

In Newcastle’s Ouseburn Valley, tucked between modern housing and old industrial units, sits an open green space. There is nothing unusual until a closer inspection reveals that the paths are made of old gravestones. This is the Ballast Hills Burial Ground.

There were periods during the 18th and 19th centuries when more people were buried at Ballast Hills than in all of the other Newcastle burial grounds combined. When it was closed in 1853, an estimated 40,000 people had been laid to rest there. 

Using poetry and fiddle tunes, this collection of words and music, created and performed by Marina Dodgson, Maurice Condie and Harry Gallagher, begins to tell their story. 

Buy the book and album here: https://phoenixfolk.co.uk/product-category/book/

Website: www.beneaththisground.co.uk