Wallsend, Roman pottery kiln ? in vicus
Wallsend, Roman pottery kiln ? in vicus
HER Number
807
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Wallsend, Roman pottery kiln ? in vicus
Place
Wallsend
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Pottery Manufacturing Site
Site Type: Specific
Pottery Kiln
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
In 1807 Dr. John Lingard wrote, "A little to the west of the Station was opened 25 years ago an arched cavity, (arch of brick), in which were found many broken urns...". This has been interpreted as a pottery kiln. Its precise location is unknown.
Easting
429000
Northing
565000
Grid Reference
NZ429000565000
Sources
<< HER 807 >> R.C. Bosanquet, ed. 1929, Dr. John Lingard's Notes on the Roman Wall, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, VI, p. 141
J.C. Bruce & C.M. Daniels, 1978, Wallsend (Segedunum), Handbook to the Roman Wall, 13th ed., p. 59
P.T. Bidwell, N. Holbrook & M.E. Snape, 1991, The Roman Fort at Wallsend and its Environs, p. 2
J.C. Bruce & C.M. Daniels, 1978, Wallsend (Segedunum), Handbook to the Roman Wall, 13th ed., p. 59
P.T. Bidwell, N. Holbrook & M.E. Snape, 1991, The Roman Fort at Wallsend and its Environs, p. 2