Tyne and Wear HER(1440): Newcastle, White Friars Tower, Roman ceramic artifacts - Details
1440
Newcastle
Newcastle, White Friars Tower, Roman ceramic artifacts
Newcastle
NZ26SW
Architecture
Architectural Fragment
Tile
Roman
Find
During the demolition of the White Friars Tower in December, 1843, Amor Spoor found underneath it an old stream bed in which were Roman roofing tiles, bricks, pottery, coins and an altar to Silvanus. Another altar was found subsequently.
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6366
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<< HER 1440 >> G.B. Richardson, 1844, Account of the Discovery of some Roman Relics in the Western Suburbs, Archaeologia Aeliana, 1, III, 148-9
G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Newcastle Fort Suburbs, Northumberland County History, XIII, 506
Museum of Antiquities, 1850, Society of Antiquaries Donations Book, 6.iii.1850