South Shields, Wapping Street, Mortar

HER Number:
1894

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Wapping Street, Mortar

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Container

Site Type: Broad:
Grinding Equipment

Site Type: Specific:
Mortar

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
An 18 inch stone slab with smoothed out hollow, identified as a mortar, was found when making new foundations at the site of the South Shields Boat Angling Club in Wapping Street.

Easting:
3611

Northing:
6793

Grid Reference:
NZ36116793

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1894 >> Tyne and Wear Museums, 2001, Hadrian Primary School, Baring Street, South Shields, Archaeological Assessment, appendix 1 1974, Shields Gazette, 01-Jul-74