Wapping Street, Mortar
Wapping Street, Mortar
HER Number
1894
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Wapping Street, Mortar
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Mortar
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
An 18 inch stone slab with smoothed out hollow, identified as a mortar, was found when making new foundations at the site of the South Shields Boat Angling Club in Wapping Street.
Easting
436110
Northing
567930
Grid Reference
NZ436110567930
Sources
<< HER 1894 >> Tyne and Wear Museums, 2001, Hadrian Primary School, Baring Street, South Shields, Archaeological Assessment, appendix 1
1974, Shields Gazette, 01-Jul-74
1974, Shields Gazette, 01-Jul-74