Gateshead, Roman road

HER Number:
13525

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, Roman road

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Road

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Physical Evidence

Description:
In the south-west part of the Hilton Hotel site a small length of Roman paved road was uncovered. It ran down the slope at an angle and aligns roughly with the medieval Mirk Lane. This cannot have been the main route down to the bridgehead as it was not constructed until the 3rd century AD. It probably represents a subsidiary road or track that divided the landscape into farms and estates.

Easting:
253

Northing:
635

Grid Reference:
NZ253635

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 16