Westgate Road/St. Nicholas Street, Roman roof tile
Westgate Road/St. Nicholas Street, Roman roof tile
HER Number
1455
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Westgate Road/St. Nicholas Street, Roman roof tile
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
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 found roof tiles as well as more Roman pottery (see also HER ref. 1454).
Easting
424930
Northing
563880
Grid Reference
NZ424930563880
Sources
<< HER 1455 >> Journal Roman Studies, XLIII, 110