Herd Sands, Roman patera
Herd Sands, Roman patera
HER Number
912
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Herd Sands, Roman patera
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Patera
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
In March 1889 the Free Library Committee of South Shields exhibited at a meeting of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, "the base, 110 mm in diameter, with portions of the sides, of a bronze skillet of the Roman period, found on the Herd Sands, South Shields. The bottom is ornamented by several concentric rings...". It was found in the same spot as an inscribed patera (HER no. 911).
Easting
437800
Northing
567300
Grid Reference
NZ437800567300
Sources
<< HER 912 >> Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1891, Exhibited, 2, IV (for 1889-90), p. 11
Archaeologia Aeliana, 1892, 2, XV, 370
J.A. Petch, 1925, Roman Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, I, 29 and n.
L. Allason-Jones & R. Miket, 1984, The Catalogue of Small Finds from South Shields Roman Fort, Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Monograph, No. 3.359
P.T. Bidwell, 1988, The Civilian Settlement...of the Roman Fort at South Shields
Archaeologia Aeliana, 1892, 2, XV, 370
J.A. Petch, 1925, Roman Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, I, 29 and n.
L. Allason-Jones & R. Miket, 1984, The Catalogue of Small Finds from South Shields Roman Fort, Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Monograph, No. 3.359
P.T. Bidwell, 1988, The Civilian Settlement...of the Roman Fort at South Shields