MacLauchlan reported that "Remains of two roads down to the mouth of this western valley were found, not very continuous, but nearly parallel to each other, the smaller one of gravel; the larger, and more easterly one, was paved". Bidwell et al. show this running north north-east towards the south corner of the fort from a point north-east of the Ship Inn.
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
SITEDESC
MacLauchlan reported that "Remains of two roads down to the mouth of this western valley were found, not very continuous, but nearly parallel to each other, the smaller one of gravel; the larger, and more easterly one, was paved". Bidwell et al. show this running NNE towards the S corner of the fort from a point NE of the Ship Inn, between the 2 above grid refs.
Site Name
Wallsend vicus, road
Site Type: Specific
Road
HER Number
816
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 816 >> H. MacLauchlan, 1858, Memoir of a Survey of the Roman Wall, p. 7 no. 1
P.T. Bidwell, N. Holbrook & M.E. Snape, 1991, The Roman Fort at Wallsend and its Environs, p. 4 no. 11
SURVIVAL
0
YEAR1
1992
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
198
DAY1
25
District
N Tyneside
Easting
430040
EASTING2
3004
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MONTH1
9
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
566240
NORTHING2
6611
General Period
UNCERTAIN
Specific Period
Uncertain
Place
Wallsend
Description
MacLauchlan and Bruce both recorded a road running north from near the north-east angle of the fort to beyond the Newcastle-North Shields railway. Because of its alignment Bidwell et al. thought it was unlikely to be Roman. Bruce wrote: "The only trace of the northern division of the station that remains, consists of the road which has apparently led from SEGEDUNUM to the outposts at Blake-Chesters and Tynemouth. This causeway extends from the station to the north of the Shields railway; it is formed of a mass of rubble about two feet deep, and is eleven yards wide. It cannot be ploughed, and nothing that requires any depth of earth will grow upon it". MacLauchlan notes that Reay "remembers a stony way, like the remains of a road, running for about 50 yards in the direction of the north-east angle of the station, in a garden immediately north of the railway, and which, had it been continuous, must have crossed the railroad a few yards to the east of the archway under the railway...".
SITEASS
This feature does not show on the early C19 maps.
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
SITEDESC
MacLauchlan and Bruce both recorded a road running N from near the NE angle of the fort to beyond the Newcastle-North Shields railway. Because of its alignment Bidwell et al. thought it was unlikely to be Roman. Bruce wrote: "The only trace of the northern division of the station that remains, consists of the road which has apparently led from SEGEDUNUM to the outposts at Blake-Chesters and Tynemouth. This causeway extends from the station to the north of the Shields railway; it is formed of a mass of rubble about two feet deep, and is eleven yards wide. It cannot be ploughed, and nothing that requires any depth of earth will grow upon it". MacLauchlan: Reay "remembers a stony way, like the remains of a road, running for about 50 yards in the direction of the north-east angle of the station, in a garden immediately north of the railway, and which, had it been continuous, must have crossed the railroad a few yards to the east of the archway under the railway...".
Site Name
Wallsend, road
Site Type: Specific
Road
HER Number
815
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 815 >> J.C. Bruce, 1851, The Roman wall, p. 116 and fig. 4 opp. p. 113
H. MacLauchlan , 1858, Memoir of a Survey of the Roman Wall, p. 7 n. 1
P.T. Bidwell, N. Holbrook & M.E.Snape, 1991, The Roman Fort at Wallsend and its Environs, p. 4 no. 12
SURVIVAL
0
YEAR1
1992
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
806,813
DAY1
23
District
N Tyneside
Easting
430010
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
9
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565850
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Wallsend
Description
In 1851 Bruce recorded and illustrated an altar found a few years earlier south of the south-west corner of the fort. "When discovered it was lying on the ground surrounded by a ring of twelve stones. Each stone was about one foot high and eight or ten inches broad; all twelve stones were roughly dressed. Coins were found under the altar and under several of the stones...". It is thought to denote the existence of a temple. The altar is uninscribed, 2 feet 8 inches x 1 foot 4 inches. It "is pierced by a circular hole, 6 inches in diameter, through the centre of the die...The opening is surrounded by twelve incised lines radiating from this central hole, and the design is perhaps meant for a rayed sun. The hole would allow a ray of light to pass through if inclined at not more than 45 degrees to the axis of the hole, and the altar could have been used in connection with sunrise and sunset".
Site Type: Broad
Altar
SITEDESC
In 1851 Bruce recorded and illustrated an altar found a few years earlier S of the SW corner of the fort. "When discovered it was lying on the ground surrounded by a ring of twelve stones. Each stone was about one foot high and eight or ten inches broad; all twelve stones were roughly dressed. Coins were found under the altar and under several of the stones...". It is thought to denote the existence of a temple. The altar is uninscribed, 2'8" x 1'4". It "is pierced by a circular hole, 6" in diam., though the centre of the die...The opening is surrounded by twelve incised lines radiating from this central hole, and the design is perhaps meant for a rayed sun. The hole would allow a ray of light to pass through if inclined at not more than 45 degrees to the axis of the hole, and the altar could have been used in connection with sunrise and sunset".
Site Name
Wallsend vicus, Roman altar from ?temple
Site Type: Specific
Altar
HER Number
814
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 814 >> J.C. Bruce, 1851, The Roman Wall, p. 115 and pl.
H. MacLauchlan , 1858, Memoir of a Survey of the Roman Wall, p. 7 n. 1 and fig. 4
G.R.B. Spain, ed. 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Wallsend, Northumberland County History, XIII, p. 542 no. 4
P.T. Bidwell, N. Holbrook & M.E. Snape, 1991, The Roman Fort at Wallsend and its Environs, p. 5 no. 23, (and p. 3 no. 6)
YEAR1
1992
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
806,814
DAY1
22
District
N Tyneside
Easting
430010
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MONTH1
9
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NW 8.3
Northing
565850
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Wallsend
Description
It is suggested that there may have been a temple or shrine near the south-west corner of the fort. This statement is based on the discovery of an altar (HER no. 814), published and illustrated by Bruce, and located by Bruce and MacLauchlan. The altar was found "lying on the ground surrounded by a ring of twelve stones. Each stone was about one foot high and eight or ten inches broad: all twelve stones were roughly dressed. Coins were found under the altar and under several of the stones...". This account is more detailed than MacLauchlan's, but no original source is given.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
It is suggested that there may have been a temple or shrine near the south- west corner of the fort.(4) This statement is based on the discovery of an altar(SMR 814), published and illustrated by Bruce(1), and located by Bruce and MacLauchlan.(2) The altar was found "lying on the ground surrounded by a ring of twelve stones. Each stone was about one foot high and eight or ten inches broad: all twelve stones were roughly dressed. Coins were found under the altar and under several of the stones...".(3) This account is more detailed than MacLauchlan's, but no original source is given.
Site Name
Wallsend vicus, Roman temple or shrine
Site Type: Specific
Temple
HER Number
813
Form of Evidence
Implied Evidence
Sources
<< HER 813 >> J.C. Bruce, 1851, The Roman Wall, p. 115 and pl.
H. MacLauchlan, 1858, Memoir of a Survey of the Roman Wall p. 7 n. 1
G.R.B. Spain, ed. 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones, Wallsend, Northumberland County History, XIII, p. 542 no. 4
P.T. Bidwell, N. Holbrook & M.E. Snape, 1991, The Roman Fort at Wallsend and its Environs, p. 3 no. 6
SURVIVAL
0
YEAR1
1992
English, British
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
806
DAY1
22
District
N Tyneside
Easting
429960
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
9
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565920
General Period
UNCERTAIN
Specific Period
Uncertain
Place
Wallsend
Description
Writing in 1789, Brand recorded that, "In sinking the shaft of a pit...a conduit (was) discovered... The viewer crept a good way along it and described it as built of great stones of coarse workmanship". There is no evidence for the date of this structure, or its function, or its precise location. Bidwell et al. suggest it was west of the fort.
Site Type: Broad
Watercourse
SITEDESC
Writing in 1789, Brand recorded that, "In sinking the shaft of a pit...a conduit (was) discovered... The viewer crept a good way along it and described it as built of great stones of coarse workmanship". There is no evidence for the date of this structure, or its function, or its precise location. Bidwell et al. suggest it was west of the fort.
Site Name
Wallsend vicus, conduit
Site Type: Specific
Conduit
HER Number
812
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 812 >> J. Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, I, 604
P.T. Bidwell, N. Holbrook & M.E. Snape, 1991, The Roman Fort at Wallsend and its Environs, p. 2 no. 3
SURVIVAL
0
YEAR1
1992
English, British
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
806
DAY1
18
District
N Tyneside
Easting
430030
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MONTH1
9
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565940
General Period
UNCERTAIN
Specific Period
Uncertain
Place
Wallsend
Description
A well was reported to J.C. Bruce by Mr Reay, and the former located it outside the south-west corner of the fort "very close to the fort wall, encroaching on the presumed position of the defensive ditches. However since the recent excavations by N. Holbrook have indicated that the ditches were filled in during the Roman period there could still have been a late Roman well in that location. However it could have been a medieval feature".
Site Type: Broad
Water Storage Site
SITEDESC
A well was reported to J.C. Bruce by Mr Reay, and the former located it outside the south-west corner of the fort "very close to the fort wall, encroaching on the presumed position of the defensive ditches. However since the recent excavations by N. Holbrook have indicated that the ditches were filled in during the Roman period there could still have been a late Roman well in that location. However it could have been a medieval feature".(2)
Site Name
Wallsend vicus, well
Site Type: Specific
Well
HER Number
811
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 811 >> J.C. Bruce, 1851, The Roman Wall, p. 116 and pl. IV opp. p. 113
P.T. Bidwell, N. Holbrook & M.E. Snape, 1991, The Roman Fort at Wallsend and its Environs, p. 3 no. 7
SURVIVAL
0
YEAR1
1992
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
198,806
DAY1
18
District
N Tyneside
Easting
430000
EASTING2
3002
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MONTH1
9
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
566000
NORTHING2
6585
General Period
UNCERTAIN
Specific Period
Uncertain
Place
Wallsend
Description
There are two 19th century references to human bones having been found at Wallsend. In 1807 Dr. John Lingard recorded Mrs Buddle as saying that many human bones had been found during the trenching of the garden east of their house, which was situated just within the west wall of the fort. In 1863 MacLauchlan reported that a Mr Reay had seen two skeletons dug up near the supposed bathhouse in the area of the vicus south of the fort. There is no dating evidence for either though it is unlikely that the first were Roman.
Site Type: Broad
Burial
SITEDESC
There are two 19th century references to human bones having been found at Wallsend. In 1807 Dr John Lingard recorded Mrs Buddle as saying that many human bones had been found during the trenching of the garden east of their house, which was situated just within the west wall of the fort (1st grid ref.). In 1863 MacLauchlan reported that a Mr Reay had seen two skeletons dug up near the supposed bathhouse in the area of the vicus south of the fort (2nd grid ref.) Assuming that these are correct identifications, there is no dating evidence for either though it is unlikely that the first were Roman.
Site Name
Wallsend, human bones
Site Type: Specific
Inhumation
HER Number
810
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 810 >> R.C. Bosanquet, ed. 1929, Dr. John Lingard's Notes on the Roman Wall, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, VI, 140
H. MacLauchlan, 1863, Memoir of a Survey of the Roman Wall, p. 7 n. 1
P.T. Bidwell, N. Holbrook & M.E. Snape, 1991, The Roman Fort at Wallsend and its Environs, p. 3 no. 5
SURVIVAL
0
YEAR1
1992
English, British
Class
Health and Welfare
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
198,806
DAY1
18
DAY2
21
District
N Tyneside
Easting
430040
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MONTH1
9
MONTH2
12
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NW8.2
Northing
565830
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Wallsend
Description
In 1840 John Hodgson published his account of the uncovering of "a very curious cauldron for heating water in... On the outside it was square, and consisted from the foundation to the top of a broad wall, of common ashlar work. Within it was oval", measured 5 ft x 6 ft, and 3 ft deep, and was lined with smooth hard cement, 1 in thick and mixed with brick. Close to the cauldron was a flue. It is possible to read his account to mean that he saw this feature in 1814, during the forming of the gears of Fawdon Staith, a little above the high water mark, and that it was the last fragment of a building most of which had already been removed. It seems unlikely, on grounds of date, appearance and improbable survival, after his observation, that this was the same structure described from second hand information by MacLauchlan, and sited near the Ship Inn at the above grid ref. In 2014 the bathhouse was found again through Wallquest, a Heritage Lottery Fund community archaeology project by Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums. The bathhouse was found 130m south of the fort on the site of The Ship Inn, which was demolished in 2011. Evaluation on the site found Roman building materials, cement and opus signinum (tiles broken up into small pieces, mixed with mortar then beaten down with a rammer), typical of bath buildings. Open excavation found that the wall foundations and structures survived. All the typical rooms were present - the frigidarium (cold room), tepidarium (warm room) and caldarium (hot room). There were two plunge baths and one semi circular bath, which was a later addition. One of the rectangular plunge baths still had its pink waterproof lining and steps down into it. The hot room had pilae to support the raised floor. There were three semi-circular apses, which typically contained a fountain or bath. The western apse featured a stoke hole. The Wallsend bathhouse does not resemble others on Hadrian's Wall (such as Benwell, Bewcastle, Chesters, Carrawburgh and Netherby), which have one narrow and a number of square rooms. In fact the Wallsend example is not paralleled anywhere. It has buttresses on the exterior wall. The projecting apses do not feature in Hadrianic plans. Earlier walls continue to the south. The apses were built on a concrete surface - the basement of a heated room. The bathhouse was once bigger but the Hadrianic plan was reduced in size. An earlier wall was found under the later pilae of the heated room. The reason for the reduction in size was landslip. The land falls steeply into a stream which fed into the River Tyne. The whole building is skewed. There is a huge crack in the cold room wall. The building slipped down the slope and so was rebuilt. In 1998 a reused inscription was found in a building built over the western fort wall. It dates to the late 2nd or early 3rd century. 'BALI[NEUM] ASOL[UM]' (rebuilt from the ground up). It may have have been rebuilt smaller because the military unit based at the fort was smaller by the 3rd century. There have been next to no modern archaeological excavations of baths on Hadrian's Wall. Great Chesters was excavated in the 1890s. There was small scale work at Bewcastle by John Gillam in the 1950s. Small scale unpublished work at Chesters. There was a similar reduction in size at Carrawburgh, which has two apses added and one room becomes a yard. Were extra mural baths given up before Hadrian's Wall was abandoned? Possibly when the vicus was abandoned? Was the bathhouse at Wallsend demolished by the Romans or was it intact until 1814. Nick Hodgson says probably the latter. The demolition fill was mostly cement and flag stones from the floor above. There were no finds to date the smashing in of the walls. At Binchester the baths went out of use before the end of the Roman period and were used for rubbish dumping. Baths closer to the forts, like Chesters, invited re-use. At Chesters and Binchester there were late Roman baths inside the fort walls. Finds from the excavation include pottery up to the 4th century, quite a few coins, brooches and other metal objects. The small hot bath described and measured by John Hodgson was not visible in the 2014 excavation. This must lie beyond its extent. The remains at Wallsend are to be permanently displayed and interpreted (planning application submitted December 2015).
SITEASS
Hodgson's description of part of a bathhouse is reasonably convincing, MacLauchlan's - frankly - is not. The sources quoted normally conflate the two.
Site Type: Broad
Bath House
SITEDESC
In 1840 John Hodgson published his account of the uncovering of "a very curious cauldron for heating water in... On the outside it was square, and consisted from the foundation to the top of a broad wall, of common ashlar work. Within it was oval", measured 5 ft x 6 ft, and 3 ft deep, and was lined with smooth hard cement, 1 in thick and mixed with brick. Close to the cauldron was a flue. It is possible to read his account to mean that he saw this feature in 1814, during the forming of the gears of Fawdon Staith, a little above the high water mark, and that it was the last fragment of a building most of which had already been removed. It seems unlikely, on grounds of date, appearance and improbable survival, after his observation, that this was the same structure described from second hand information by MacLauchlan, and sited near the Ship Inn at the above grid ref. In 2014 the bathhouse was found again through Wallquest, a Heritage Lottery Fund community archaeology project by Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums. The bathhouse was found 130m south of the fort on the site of The Ship Inn, which was demolished in 2011. Evaluation on the site found Roman building materials, cement and opus signinum (tiles broken up into small pieces, mixed with mortar then beaten down with a rammer), typical of bath buildings. Open excavation found that the wall foundations and structures survived. All the typical rooms were present - the frigidarium (cold room), tepidarium (warm room) and caldarium (hot room). There were two plunge baths and one semi circular bath, which was a later addition. One of the rectangular plunge baths still had its pink waterproof lining and steps down into it. The hot room had pilae to support the raised floor. There were three semi-circular apses, which typically contained a fountain or bath. The western apse featured a stoke hole. The Wallsend bathhouse does not resemble others on Hadrian's Wall (such as Benwell, Bewcastle, Chesters, Carrawburgh and Netherby), which have one narrow and a number of square rooms. In fact the Wallsend example is not paralleled anywhere. It has buttresses on the exterior wall. The projecting apses do not feature in Hadrianic plans. Earlier walls continue to the south. The apses were built on a concrete surface - the basement of a heated room. The bathhouse was once bigger but the Hadrianic plan was reduced in size. An earlier wall was found under the later pilae of the heated room. The reason for the reduction in size was landslip. The land falls steeply into a stream which fed into the River Tyne. The whole building is skewed. There is a huge crack in the cold room wall. The building slipped down the slope and so was rebuilt. In 1998 a reused inscription was found in a building built over the western fort wall. It dates to the late 2nd or early 3rd century. 'BALI[NEUM] ASOL[UM]' (rebuilt from the ground up). It may have been rebuilt smaller because the military unit based at the fort was smaller by the 3rd century. There have been next to no modern archaeological excavations of baths on Hadrian's Wall. Great Chesters was excavated in the 1890s. There was small scale work at Bewcastle by John Gillam in the 1950s. Small scale unpublished work at Chesters. There was a similar reduction in size at Carrawburgh, which has two apses added and one room becomes a yard. Were extra mural baths given up before Hadrian's Wall was abandoned? Possibly when the vicus was abandoned? Was the bathhouse at Wallsend demolished by the Romans or was it intact until 1814. Nick Hodgson says probably the latter. The demolition fill was mostly cement and flag stones from the floor above. There were no finds to date the smashing in of the walls. At Binchester the baths went out of use before the end of the Roman period and were used for rubbish dumping. Baths closer to the forts, like Chesters, invited re-use. At Chesters and Binchester there were late Roman baths inside the fort walls. Finds from the excavation include pottery up to the 4th century, quite a few coins, brooches and other metal objects. The small hot bath described and measured by John Hodgson was not visible in the 2014 excavation. This must lie beyond its extent. The remains at Wallsend are to be permanently displayed and interpreted (planning application submitted December 2015).
Site Name
Wallsend, Roman bathhouse
Site Type: Specific
Bath House
HER Number
809
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 809 >> J. Hodgson, 1840, History of Northumberland, Part 2, Vol. III, p. 171 n.
H. MacLauchlan, 1863, Memoir of a Survey of the Roman Wall, p. 7 n. 1 and fig. 4.
G.R.B. Spain, ed. 1930, Wallsend Fort Suburbs, Northumberland County History, XIII, 492-3
J.C. Bruce & C.M. Daniels, 1978, Wallsend (Segedunum), Handbook to the Roman Wall, 13th ed. p. 59
P.T. Bidwell, N. Holbrook & M.E. Snape, 1991, The Roman Fort at Wallsend and its Environs, p. 3 no. 4; Notes taken during a lecture by Nick Hodgson (Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums) on Tuesday 17th November 2015 at Newcastle University, ‘WallQuest Community Archaeology and the discovery of the fort baths at Wallsend (Segedunum)’; Tony Henderson, 9 July 2014, Roman Baths Found after 200 year wait, The Journal
SURVIVAL
0
YEAR1
1992
YEAR2
2015
English, British
Class
Maritime
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
198,806
DAY1
18
District
N Tyneside
Easting
430000
Grid ref figure
4
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MONTH1
9
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565000
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Wallsend
Description
In 1769 Wallis wrote, "I have frequently after high tides observed large, well-wrought, ashler (sic) stones lying on the shore of the river at the foot of this field, (on which the station stood) - the scattered ruins probably of a key". Hodgson may have been referring to something similar when he wrote, "When the workmen, in 1814, were forming the gears of Fawden staith, they met with much Roman masonry, and coins, a little above high-water mark:..." - perhaps a quay or, as is now more generally accepted, a bathhouse. The evidence for this will not have survived the later alterations to the river bank for staiths and shipyards.
SITEASS
The evidence for this will not have survived the later alterations to the river bank for staiths and shipyards.
Site Type: Broad
Landing Point
SITEDESC
In 1769 Wallis wrote, "I have frequently after high tides observed large, well-wrought, ashlar (sic) stones lying on the shore of the river at the foot of this field, (on which the station stood) - the scattered ruins probably of a key". This entry entirely depends on these and other similar observations: it is not always clear whether they are first hand, e.g. Mackenzie. E.g. it is not clear what Hodgson was referring to when he wrote, "When the workmen, in 1814, were forming the gears of Fawden staith, they met with much Roman masonry, and coins, a little above high-water mark:...", - a quay or, as Bidwell et. al. believe, a bathhouse.
Site Name
Wallsend, Roman quay?
Site Type: Specific
Quay
HER Number
808
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 808 >> J. Wallis, 1769, Northumberland, II, 253
E. Mackenzie, 1825, View of Northumberland, II, 465
G.R.B. Spain, ed. 1930, The Branch Wall from Wallsend Fort to the Tyne, Northumberland County History,XIII, 490-1
J.C. Bruce & C.M. Daniels, 1978, Wallsend (Segedunum), Handbook to the Roman Wall, 13th ed., p. 59
J. Hodgson, 1840, History of Northumberland, Pt. 2 Vol. III, 171 n.
P.T. Bidwell, N. Holbrook & M.E. Snape, 1991, The Roman Fort at Wallsend and its Environs, p. 3 no. 4
SURVIVAL
0
YEAR1
1992
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
198,806
DAY1
16
District
N Tyneside
Easting
429000
Grid ref figure
4
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
9
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565000
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Wallsend
Description
In 1807 Dr. John Lingard wrote, "A little to the west of the Station was opened 25 years ago an arched cavity, (arch of brick), in which were found many broken urns...". This has been interpreted as a pottery kiln. Its precise location is unknown.
Site Type: Broad
Pottery Manufacturing Site
SITEDESC
In 1807 Dr John Lingard wrote, "A little to the west of the Station was opened 25 years ago an arched cavity, (arch of brick), in which were found many broken urns...". This has been interpreted as a pottery kiln. Its precise location is unknown.
Site Name
Wallsend, Roman pottery kiln ? in vicus
Site Type: Specific
Pottery Kiln
HER Number
807
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 807 >> R.C. Bosanquet, ed. 1929, Dr. John Lingard's Notes on the Roman Wall, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, VI, p. 141
J.C. Bruce & C.M. Daniels, 1978, Wallsend (Segedunum), Handbook to the Roman Wall, 13th ed., p. 59
P.T. Bidwell, N. Holbrook & M.E. Snape, 1991, The Roman Fort at Wallsend and its Environs, p. 2