Newcastle, Westgate Road/St. Nicholas Street, Roman roof tile

HER Number:
1455

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Westgate Road/St. Nicholas Street, Roman roof tile

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Architecture

Site Type: Broad:
Architectural Fragment

Site Type: Specific:
Roof Tile

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
In 1951/2 F.G. Simpson dug a shaft between St. Nicholas Street and the railway archway connecting Clavering Place to Westgate Road, just east of his shaft of 1929 (HER ref. 1453). He found roof tiles as well as more Roman pottery (see also HER ref. 1454).

Easting:
2493

Northing:
6388

Grid Reference:
NZ24936388

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1455 >> Journal Roman Studies, XLIII, 110