Coronation Street, possible Roman stones

Coronation Street, possible Roman stones

HER Number
5190
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Coronation Street, possible Roman stones
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Socketed Stone
General Period
UNCERTAIN
Specific Period
Uncertain
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Stones displaying Lewis holes (for the lifting devices of Roman cranes), chisel facing and drill holes were noticed by the Northern Archaeology Group decorating the roundabout at the junction of Mill Dam, Commercial Road, Station Road, Coronation Street and Ferry Street in 1998. Several dozen similar stones border the flowerbeds at one side of the carpark in Coronation Street.
NB re-evaluation of photos of the stones in 2022 suggests that there is nothing distinctively Roman about them. The stones have been removed and their present location is unknown.
Easting
436021
Northing
566962
Grid Reference
NZ436021566962
Sources
<< HER 5190 >> Northern Archaeology Group, 1999, Everyday Signs Newsletter, Vol 2, number 5, 4/5/99, p 6