Hylton, River Wear, Roman inscribed plate

HER Number:
44

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Hylton, River Wear, Roman inscribed plate

Place:
Hylton

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:

Site Type: Broad:
Commemorative Object

Site Type: Specific:
Plaque

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
During dredging operations, a circular lead plate was reported to have been found fixed to one of the stones making up an apparent causeway. It was subsequently lost, but later described as bearing the inscription IM D AVG with, in the centre, SC. Since there is no supporting evidence, this reading is best treated with caution, however.

Easting:
351

Northing:
569

Grid Reference:
NZ351569

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 44 >> W.T. Watkin, 1883, Roman Inscriptions found in Britain in 1882, Archaeological Journal, XL, p. 141 . Haverfield, 1891, Hylton Ford, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 2, IV (for 1889-90), p. 230