Newcastle, Clavering Place, Roman road

HER Number:
13522

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Clavering Place, Roman road

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Road

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Physical Evidence

Description:
A metalled road, 16 feet wide, was found during excavations in 2008 on the BEMCO site on Clavering Place. The road was flanked by substantial drainage ditches, which were necessary as the clay subsoil is prone to waterlogging. The road was aligned north-south and may have run to the west gate of Pons Aelius Fort, which lay some 490 feet to the north-east. West of the road the land was divided into a number of tenements occupied by rectangular strip buildings, metalled yards, rubbish pits, wells and areas of industrial activity. One of the boundary ditches contained the broken topstone of a Mayan lava quern, which would have been brought here through the military supply network.

Easting:
2489

Northing:
6377

Grid Reference:
NZ24896377

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
D.H. Heslop, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead before AD 1080, in Diana Newton and AJ Pollard (eds), 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead before 1700, page 14