There have been recorded finds of Roman coins from Herd Sands and North Beach on a number of occasions between 1891 and 1980, most in the period 1908-1915 when lists were published by R. Blair. Bidwell notes a total of 46.

"An impression of a Roman denarius in very fine condition, of the Calpurnian family found on the beach at South Shields in what is locally known as the 'wave trap' just within the 'Fish Pier'". 1904 L PISO FRVG CXXXXV

In 1959 John Thornborrow excavated at the corner of Beacon Street and Lawe Road roundabout. The various finds, which appear to indicate the existence of a parade ground east of the fort, included part of a stone statue. This has been damaged, - the head and body are separate, much of the right side of the torso, both arms, and the body below the waist are missing. The god appears to be wearing a cuirass, and baldric over his left shoulder. Though the detailing is Celtic, the location of the statue on the parade ground of the fort suggests that it was Mars (is this a circular argument?) rather than a Celtic warrior god. Dated C2-C3.

In 1959 John Thornborrow excavated at the corner of Beacon Street and Lawe Road roundabout. The various finds, which appear to indicate the existence of a parade ground east of the fort, included an altar. In coarse-grained yellow sandstone, 3'3" high x 1'5" wide x 1'3" deep. On the left side a patera, on the right a jug. The first 5 lines of the text have been chiselled off. Lines 6 and 7: CASSIVS VIR/VS VSLM Cassius Virus v(otum) s(oluit) l(ibens) m(erito) Cassius Virus willingly and deservedly fulfilled his vow

In 1959 John Thornborrow excavated at the corner of Beacon Street and Lawe Road roundabout. He recovered three stone altar bases in situ, a large inscribed altar (SMR 905), fragments of a further very large altar, the statue of a bearded god (SMR 906) identified by Phillips as Mars, a large moulded panel and a feature interpreted as a tribunal. These discoveries are taken to suggest that a parade ground lay immediately east of the fort, with its long axis parallel with the east wall of the fort, and the shrine area and tribunal at the north end.

During the latter part of the C19, while both archaeological excavations and building works were in progress in the vicinity of the Roman fort on the Lawe, a number of finds were made suggesting the existence of Roman cemeteries south of the south-west corner of the fort. The finds diagnostic of a cremation cemetery were "many urns...with calcined ashes within, and marks of fire around". A bronze coin (of ?Domitian) was found in an urn near Bath Street. Bidwell has located these discoveries on the north side of Coston Drive, north-west of the junction with James Mather Street. Fragments of tombstones and other funerary monuments were also found in the vicinity, (SMR 896-901). Excavations in 1993 in Morton Walk, 300 m SW of the fort, revealed 5 C2 cremations, 2 C3 and 1 undated {ref. notes taken during Alex Croom's talk "Late Roman Burials at South Shields" at 'Deities, Death and Burial on Hadrian's Wall and Beyond, Saturday 17th November 2007).

During the latter part of the C19, while both archaeological excavations and building works were in progress in the vicinity of the Roman fort on the Lawe, a number of finds were made suggesting the existence of Roman cemeteries south of the south-west corner of the fort. The finds diagnostic of an inhumation cemetery were random human bones, and whole skeletons in actual graves. There were also tombstones and fragments of other funerary monuments, (SMR 896-901). They were largely concentrated under or west of Baring Street, from south of Coston Drive north to Julian Street/Livingstone Place, with a couple of outliers to the north and north-west. More precisely these discoveries lie east of grid line NZ 3646 and north of NZ 6746. Excavations in 1993 in Morton Walk, 300 m SW of the fort, revealed 20 inhumations (8 were C3-C4, 1 was definitely C4 and 11 were undated. Grave 1 probably contained a young woman. It contained unworn jewellery, a distaff made of jet (only 3 of these are known and they are unusual as a grave good), a C4 spindle whorl, a knife, glass beads, an iron chain with 28 links, probably used to hang the knife from a belt, cloth possibly from a purse, bracelets and finger rings. The body has dissolved in grave 3, but grave goods included a complete C2 pot (placed in a C4 grave) with a deliberate hole in it (ritual killing of the pot). Grave 4 was probably male and contained stains from coffin timbers and a broken C3/C4 beaker {ref. notes taken during Alex Croom's talk "Late Roman Burials at South Shields" at 'Deities, Death and Burial on Hadrian's Wall and Beyond, Saturday 17th November 2007).

Fragment of a gabled tombstone found shortly before 1732 at South Shields. This was noted and drawn by Horsley before being lost. D(is) M(anibus) /... To the spirits of the departed...

Tombstone, 22 x 22 in, found in 1881 south-west of the fort. D(is) M(anibus) s(acrum) / Au((...))dus / uix(it) anno(s) / VIIII menses VIIII / L(ucius) Arruntius Sal/uianus filio / b(ene merenti) piissimo Sacred to the spirits of the departed: Au((...))dus lived 9 years, 9 months; Lucius Arruntius Salvianus (set this up) to his deserving and most devoted son.

A slightly tapering polygonal shaft, broken at the bottom, culminating in a large pine-cone. Found in 1875, while making new roads on the Lawe, "in the burial ground of the South Shields Station". "That the monument is funerary is suggested not only by the pine-cone finial, but by its general resemblance in shape to the so-called Serpent Stone at Maryport, which is a gravestone consisting of a polygonal shaft surmounted by a head". A gold coin was found with the pine-cone. Dated C2-C3.