Fulwell Quarries, 2 Roman coins
Fulwell Quarries, 2 Roman coins
HER Number
400
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Fulwell Quarries, 2 Roman coins
Place
Fulwell
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Grave
Site Type: Specific
Coin
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
In 1759, during limestone quarrying, "a ridge of limestone and rubbage" (sic) was removed. In the mound was a grave containing a large skeleton. Two Roman coins found with a skeleton appear to date the burial to sometime around the beginning of the 3rd century A.D.
Easting
438000
Northing
559000
Grid Reference
NZ438000559000
Sources
<< HER 400 >> P. Collinson, 1763, Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. XXXIII, p. 492 (Oct. 1763)
J. Sykes, 1866, Local Records, Vol. I, p. 221
H.G. Welfare, 1980, Fulwell Giant, Northern Archaeology, Vol. 1 Part 1, pp. 22-25
J. Sykes, 1866, Local Records, Vol. I, p. 221
H.G. Welfare, 1980, Fulwell Giant, Northern Archaeology, Vol. 1 Part 1, pp. 22-25