South Shields vicus, Roman tombstone
South Shields vicus, Roman tombstone
HER Number
901
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
South Shields vicus, Roman tombstone
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Tomb
Site Type: Specific
Tombstone
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Fragment of a gabled tombstone found shortly before 1732 at South Shields. This was noted and drawn by Horsley before being lost. Its inscription reads: D(is) M(anibus); ... To the spirits of the departed...
Easting
436000
Northing
567000
Grid Reference
NZ436000567000
Sources
<< HER 901 >> J. Horsley, 1732, Britannia Romana, 1974 ed., pp. 194 N54 III, 287
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1066
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1066