South Shields vicus, Roman pottery

HER Number:
919

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields vicus, Roman pottery

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Container

Site Type: Broad:
Container

Site Type: Specific:
Amphora

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Roman pottery has been recovered on at least two occasions from St. Stephen's churchyard, which lies west of the fort and within the area of the vicus. In 1893 a fragment of samian, bearing the potter's stamp MASCILLIO, was reported to the Society of Antiquaries, and in 1904 R. Blair donated to the Society two fragments, a large amphora handle, and a fragment of samian with traces of a stamp, D------VS.

Easting:
362

Northing:
679

Grid Reference:
NZ362679

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 919 >> Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1895, Miscellanea, 2, VI (for 1893-4), p. 140 R. Blair, 1905, Donations to the Museum,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 3, I (for 1903-04), p. 270 P.T. Bidwell, 1988, The Civilian Settlement...of the Roman Fort at South Shields, 23, i. iii