South Shields, The Lawe, Roman "villas"

HER Number:
1900

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, The Lawe, Roman "villas"

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
House

Site Type: Specific:
Villa

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Buildings thought to be "villas" were found "on the strip of level land between the eastern wall and the seaward edge of the Lawe".

Easting:
3661

Northing:
6797

Grid Reference:
NZ36616797

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1900 >> Tyne and Wear Museums, 2001, Hadrian Primary School, Baring Street, South Shields, Archaeological Assessment, appendix 1 G.B. Hodgson, 1903, The Borough of South Shields, p 17