South Shields Roman fort, 5th century burials

HER Number:
916

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields Roman fort, 5th century burials

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Burial

Site Type: Specific:
Inhumation

General Period:
Early Medieval

Specific Period:
C5?

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Outside the south-west gate of the fort the original approach road was cut by an extension of the ditch, and then later reconstructed across the ditch fill. "Several burials cut across the line of the approach road mark its eventual disuse". SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT AND UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE

Easting:
3643

Northing:
6790

Grid Reference:
NZ36436790

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 916 >> P.T. Bidwell in C.M. Daniels, ed. 1989, The Eleventh Pilgrimage of Hadrian's Wall, South Shields - Arbeia, p. 89