Houghton-le-Spring, Roman coins

Houghton-le-Spring, Roman coins

HER Number
269
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Houghton-le-Spring, Roman coins
Place
Houghton-le-Spring
Map Sheet
NZ34NW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Coin
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
In 1858 the antiquarian Longstaffe reported the find of a Roman coin from Houghton-le-Spring.
Easting
434000
Northing
549000
Grid Reference
NZ434000549000
Sources
<< HER 269 >> W.H.D. Longstaffe, 1858, Durham before the Conquest, Proceedings of the Archaeological Institute Newcastle, I, p.
R.M. Middleton, 1885, On some vestiges of Roman occupation...West Hartlepool - Seaton Carew,Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, X, p. 112
J.A. Petch, 1925, Roman Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, I,p. 33