Newcastle, White Friars Tower, Roman ceramic artifacts

HER Number:
1440

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, White Friars Tower, Roman ceramic artifacts

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Architecture

Site Type: Broad:
Architectural Fragment

Site Type: Specific:
Tile

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
During the demolition of the White Friars Tower in December, 1843, Amor Spoor found underneath it an old stream bed in which were Roman roofing tiles, bricks, pottery, coins and an altar to Silvanus. Another altar was found subsequently.

Easting:
2484

Northing:
6366

Grid Reference:
NZ24846366

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1440 >> G.B. Richardson, 1844, Account of the Discovery of some Roman Relics in the Western Suburbs, Archaeologia Aeliana, 1, III, 148-9 G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Newcastle Fort Suburbs, Northumberland County History, XIII, 506 Museum of Antiquities, 1850, Society of Antiquaries Donations Book, 6.iii.1850