Fulwell Quarries, 2 Roman coins

HER Number:
400

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Fulwell Quarries, 2 Roman coins

Place:
Fulwell

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Currency

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Coin

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
In 1759, during limestone quarrying, "a ridge of limestone and rubbage" (sic) was removed. In the mound was a grave containing a large skeleton. Two Roman coins found with a skeleton appear to date the burial to sometime around the beginning of the 3rd century A.D.

Easting:
38

Northing:
59

Grid Reference:
NZ3859

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 400 >> P. Collinson, 1763, Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. XXXIII, p. 492 (Oct. 1763) J. Sykes, 1866, Local Records, Vol. I, p. 221 H.G. Welfare, 1980, Fulwell Giant, Northern Archaeology, Vol. 1 Part 1, pp. 22-25