Newcastle, Moot Hall, Roman pottery

HER Number:
1471

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Moot Hall, Roman pottery

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Container

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Vessel

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
In February 1810, during the "digging the foundation for the county courts", there were found a number of Roman artifacts including "large quantities of Roman pottery".

Easting:
2511

Northing:
6386

Grid Reference:
NZ25116386

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1471 >> J. Hodgson, 1812, Picture of Newcastle upon Tyne, pp. 2, 304 J. Sykes, 1833, Local Records, Vol. II, pp. 51-52 J.C. Bruce, 1851, The Roman Wall, pp. 127-9 G.R. B. Spain, 1930, Newcastle upon Tyne Fort, Northumberland County History, XIII, 502,