Newcastle, Clavering Place, Roman cremations

HER Number:
13524

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Clavering Place, Roman cremations

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Burial

Site Type: Specific:
Cremation

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Physical Evidence

Description:
Urned cremations were found on the BEMCO site in 2008. They were not grouped away from the vicus buildings like the inhumations, but were within the tenements of the properties. Do they post-date the vicus buildings? Check

Easting:
248

Northing:
637

Grid Reference:
NZ248637

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 15