Westgate Road/Clavering Place, Roman pottery

HER Number

1453

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Westgate Road/Clavering Place, Roman pottery

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Findspot

Site Type: Specific

Vessel

General Period

ROMAN

Specific Period

Roman 43 to 410

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

In 1929 a shaft was dug (presumably by F.G. Simpson) "north of the railway at the junction of Westgate Road and the roadway tunnel leading to Clavering Place...". It produced "Roman occupation earth and pottery". It was found very close to HER ref. 1454-1455.

Easting

424930

Northing

563880

Grid Reference

NZ424930563880

Sources

<< HER 1453 >> M.H. Dodds, 1930, Newcastle upon Tyne Fort, Northumberland County History, XIII, 505