South Shields Roman fort, polished axe
South Shields Roman fort, polished axe
HER Number
937
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
South Shields Roman fort, polished axe
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Axe
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Neolithic -4,000 to -2,200
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Bruce recorded that a polished axe was "picked up in the fort", and Hodgson reported that "specimens of flint weapons were also found beneath the level of the Roman station. Two of the number, an arrow-head and a stone celt, are now in the Borough Museum". It appears that all the objects are now missing.
Easting
436500
Northing
567900
Grid Reference
NZ436500567900
Sources
<< HER 937 >> C. Bruce, 1880, On the recent discoveries in the Roman Camp on the Lawe... Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, X, pp. 270-1
G.B. Hodgson, 1903, The Borough of South Shields, p. 9
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, RPM, 1977, flint arrowhead: stone axe(s)
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, pp. 80 and 83, fig. 26, no. 2.2
G.B. Hodgson, 1903, The Borough of South Shields, p. 9
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, RPM, 1977, flint arrowhead: stone axe(s)
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, pp. 80 and 83, fig. 26, no. 2.2