Livingstone Street, female skeleton
Livingstone Street, female skeleton
HER Number
1888
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Livingstone Street, female skeleton
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Burial
Site Type: Specific
Inhumation
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
The remains of a female with whom had been buried 5 bronze bracelets of different patterns and a small bronze ring were found at the east end of Livingstone Street. This followed the discovery of similar objects near the same spot a few months before.
Easting
436500
Northing
567620
Grid Reference
NZ436500567620
Sources
<< HER 1888 >> Tyne and Wear Museums, 2001, Hadrian Primary School, Baring Street, South Shields, Archaeological Assessment, p20
Shields Daily News, May 1880
Shields Daily News, May 1880