South Shields, Baring Street, stone coffin and skeleton

HER Number:
1890

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Baring Street, stone coffin and 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:
A stone coffin containing “a skeleton in perfect condition" was found by workmen engaged in laying water pipes at the south end of Baring Street.

Easting:
3664

Northing:
6746

Grid Reference:
NZ36646746

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1890 >> Tyne and Wear Museums, 2001, Hadrian Primary School, Baring Street, South Shields, Archaeological Assessment, appendix 1 Shields Gazette, 5 February 1880