White Friars Tower, Roman ceramic artifacts
White Friars Tower, Roman ceramic artifacts
HER Number
1440
District
Newcastle
Site Name
White Friars Tower, Roman ceramic artifacts
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Unassigned
Site Type: Broad
Archaeological Feature
Site Type: Specific
Site
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
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.
Easting
424840
Northing
563660
Grid Reference
NZ424840563660
Sources
<< 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
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