Oyston Street, Possible ford
Oyston Street, Possible ford
HER Number
1902
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Oyston Street, Possible ford
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Ford
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
A series of water worn boulders evidently placed… by human agency were found where an old house at the corner of Waterloo Vale and Oyston Street was pulled down in 1875, to make room for the building of St. Hilda's Young Wives' Institute.
Easting
436200
Northing
566900
Grid Reference
NZ436200566900
Sources
<< HER 1902 >> Tyne and Wear Museums, 2001, Hadrian Primary School, Baring Street, South Shields, Archaeological Assessment, appendix 1
Shields Gazette, 23-Mar-55
Shields Gazette, 23-Mar-55