Westgate Road, Roman pottery

HER Number

1457

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Westgate Road, 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 1951 F.G. Simpson recorded the recovery of 2 sherds of Roman samian ware pottery in a gasmain trench 8 - 8.5 feet down on the north-east side of Westgate Road, opposite the Sun Life Office.

Easting

424830

Northing

563950

Grid Reference

NZ424830563950

Sources

<< HER 1457 >> Minutes of the North of England Excavation Committee, 1951, Vol. 3