South Shields, Livingstone Street, female skeleton

HER Number:
1888

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Livingstone Street, female skeleton

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Funerary site

Site Type: Specific:
Human Remains

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
The remains of a female with whom had been buried 5 bronze bracelets of different patterns and a small bronze ring were found at the east end of Livingstone Street. This followed the discovery of similar objects near the same spot a few months before.

Easting:
3650

Northing:
6762

Grid Reference:
NZ36506762

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1888 >> Tyne and Wear Museums, 2001, Hadrian Primary School, Baring Street, South Shields, Archaeological Assessment, p20 Shields Daily News, May 1880