Baring Street, stone coffin and skeleton
Baring Street, stone coffin and skeleton
HER Number
1890
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Baring Street, stone coffin and skeleton
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Burial
Site Type: Specific
Inhumation
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
A stone coffin containing “a skeleton in perfect condition" was found by workmen engaged in laying water pipes at the south end of Baring Street.
Easting
436640
Northing
567460
Grid Reference
NZ436640567460
Sources
<< HER 1890 >> Tyne and Wear Museums, 2001, Hadrian Primary School, Baring Street, South Shields, Archaeological Assessment, appendix 1
Shields Gazette, 5 February 1880
Shields Gazette, 5 February 1880