Arbeia Roman Fort, plaque

Arbeia Roman Fort, plaque

HER Number
14017
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Arbeia Roman Fort, plaque
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Commemorative
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Monument
Site Type: Specific
Plaque
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Excavations in the 1960s in the northern section of the fort found a fragment of a pottery plaque. It depicts half a human face. The surviving fragment shows one eye, a heavy eye-brow, part of the nose. Some features are outlined in brown paint.
Easting
436480
Northing
567890
Grid Reference
NZ436480567890
Sources
Alexandra Croom, 2003, Finds spot: the last 50 years in Arbeia Magazine, No. 27, p. 9