Clavering House, Roman pottery
Clavering House, Roman pottery
HER Number
1456
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Clavering House, Roman pottery
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Unassigned
Site Type: Broad
Archaeological Feature
Site Type: Specific
Vessel
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
In the course of the campaign by the North of England Excavation Committee to locate the Roman fort in Newcastle a shaft was dug, probably in 1929 by F.G. Simpson, "south of the railway in the yard on the east side of Clavering House". It produced Roman occupation earth and pottery.
Easting
424950
Northing
563810
Grid Reference
NZ424950563810
Sources
<< HER 1456 >> G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Newcastle upon Tyne Fort, Northumberland County History, XIII, 505