South Shields vicus, Roman pottery
South Shields vicus, Roman pottery
HER Number
919
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
South Shields vicus, Roman pottery
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Sherds
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Roman pottery has been recovered on at least two occasions from St. Stephen's churchyard, which lies west of the fort and within the area of the vicus. In 1893 a fragment of samian, bearing the potter's stamp MASCILLIO, was reported to the Society of Antiquaries, and in 1904 R. Blair donated to the Society two fragments, a large amphora handle, and a fragment of samian with traces of a stamp, D------VS.
Easting
436200
Northing
567900
Grid Reference
NZ436200567900
Sources
<< HER 919 >> Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1895, Miscellanea, 2, VI (for 1893-4), p. 140
R. Blair, 1905, Donations to the Museum,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 3, I (for 1903-04), p. 270
P.T. Bidwell, 1988, The Civilian Settlement...of the Roman Fort at South Shields, 23, i. iii
R. Blair, 1905, Donations to the Museum,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 3, I (for 1903-04), p. 270
P.T. Bidwell, 1988, The Civilian Settlement...of the Roman Fort at South Shields, 23, i. iii