Wallsend vicus, well

Wallsend vicus, well

HER Number
811
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Wallsend vicus, well
Place
Wallsend
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
Site Type: Broad
Water Storage Site
Site Type: Specific
Well
General Period
UNCERTAIN
Specific Period
Uncertain
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
A well was reported to J.C. Bruce by Mr Reay, and the former located it outside the south-west corner of the fort "very close to the fort wall, encroaching on the presumed position of the defensive ditches. However since the recent excavations by N. Holbrook have indicated that the ditches were filled in during the Roman period there could still have been a late Roman well in that location. However it could have been a medieval feature".
Easting
430030
Northing
565940
Grid Reference
NZ430030565940
Sources
<< HER 811 >> J.C. Bruce, 1851, The Roman Wall, p. 116 and pl. IV opp. p. 113
P.T. Bidwell, N. Holbrook & M.E. Snape, 1991, The Roman Fort at Wallsend and its Environs, p. 3 no. 7