South Shields, Arbeia Roman Fort, plaque

HER Number:
14017

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Arbeia Roman Fort, plaque

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Commemorative

Site Type: Broad:
Commemorative Monument

Site Type: Specific:
Plaque

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Excavations in the 1960s in the northern section of the fort found a fragment of a pottery plaque. It depicts half a human face. The surviving fragment shows one eye, a heavy eye-brow, part of the nose. Some features are outlined in brown paint.

Easting:
3648

Northing:
6789

Grid Reference:
NZ36486789

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alexandra Croom, 2003, Finds spot: the last 50 years in Arbeia Magazine, No. 27, p. 9