Westgate Road/St. Nicholas Street, Roman pottery
Westgate Road/St. Nicholas Street, Roman pottery
HER Number
1454
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Westgate Road/St. Nicholas Street, Roman pottery
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Vessel
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
In 1951/2 F.G. Simpson dug a shaft between St. Nicholas Street and the railway archway connecting Clavering Place to Westgate Road, just east of his shaft of 1929 (HER ref. 1453). He again found Roman pottery, and also roof tiles.
Easting
424930
Northing
563880
Grid Reference
NZ424930563880
Sources
<< HER 1454 >> Journal Roman Studies, XLIII, 110