Jarrow Priory, Roman ceramic artifacts

HER Number:
984

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Jarrow Priory, Roman ceramic artifacts

Place:
Jarrow

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Architecture

Site Type: Broad:
Architectural Fragment

Site Type: Specific:
Tiles

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
During excavations by R.J. Cramp (1963-78) at the Anglo-Saxon priory "six sherds of Roman pottery were discovered in what appear to be Saxon levels", and "huts or shelters with clay floors were discovered in the western section of the cutting. In one of these was a deposit of Roman tegulae and imbrices and their chippings, which had been used presumably in the making of opus signinum flooring...".

Easting:
339

Northing:
652

Grid Reference:
NZ339652

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 984 >> R.J. Cramp,1974, The Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Monastery of Jarrow, Co. Durham, Council British Archaeology 3 Archaeological Newsbulletin, No. 7 (May), pp. 6-8