Length 4.7 cm. Of Indian sardonyx, in which an opaque white stratum has been carved to depict a bear, with the head of a ?goat between its forepaws, against a mottled translucent stratum of a greenish brown colour. There is no precise record of the findspot or of the circumstances of the discovery. This is the finest known cameo from Roman Britain. Its nature and condition suggest that it came from a burial. Great North Museum: Hancock 1923.52
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
Length 4.7 cm. Of Indian sardonyx, in which an opaque white stratum has been carved to depict a bear, with the head of a ?goat between its forepaws, against a mottled translucent stratum of a greenish brown colour. There is no precise record of the findspot or of the circumstances of the discovery. This is the finest known cameo from Roman Britain. Its nature and condition suggest that it came from a burial. Great North Museum: Hancock 1923.52. Dated C2-C3.
Site Name
South Shields, cameo
Site Type: Specific
Cameo
HER Number
16747
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
DJ Smith, 1974, Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle upon Tyne - An Illustrated Introduction, 41; The Archaeological Journal XXV (1868), pp 103-7; Archaeologia Aeliana, Series Four, Vol XXXIX (1961), pp 19-20, 34, plate viii; J.M.C. Toynbee, 1963, Art in Roman Britain (second edition) no. 139, pl 158; ABUR 372
YEAR1
2014
English, British
Class
Commemorative
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Clare Henderson
Crossref
208
DAY1
23
DAY2
16
District
Newcastle
Easting
421592
Grid ref figure
10
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
12
MONTH2
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564798
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Benwell
Description
150 x 56 cm. Inscribed IMP(ERATORI) CAES(ARI) TRAIANO/ HADR/IA/N(O) AUG(USTO)/ A(ULO) PLATORIO N/EPOTE L/EG(ATO) AUG(USTI) P(RO) P[R(AETORE)] VEXILLATIO C/ASSIS] BRITAN(NICAE), 'For the Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus under Aulus Platorius Nepos, emperor's propraetorian governor, the detachment of the British Fleet (built this)'. This inscription comes from the granaries in the fort at Benwell and demonstrates that the fort was constructed, like the milecastles, within the period of governorship of Aulus Platorius Nepos. AD 122-125/6. In the Great North Museum: Hancock 1956.178A.
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Stone
SITEDESC
150 x 56 cm. Inscribed IMP(ERATORI) CAES(ARI) TRAIANO/ HADR/IA/N(O) AUG(USTO)/ A(ULO) PLATORIO N/EPOTE L/EG(ATO) AUG(USTI) P(RO) P[R(AETORE)] VEXILLATIO C/ASSIS] BRITAN(NICAE), 'For the Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus under Aulus Platorius Nepos, emperor's propraetorian governor, the detachment of the British Fleet (built this)'. This inscription comes from the granaries in the fort at Benwell and demonstrates that the fort was constructed, like the milecastles, within the period of governorship of Aulus Platorius Nepos. AD 122-125/6. In the Great North Museum: Hancock 1956.178A. Dated C2.
Site Name
Benwell Fort (Condercum), granaries, inscription
Site Type: Specific
Centurial Stone
HER Number
16746
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
DJ Smith, 1974, Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle upon Tyne - An Illustrated Introduction, 12; Archaeologia Aeliana, Series Four, Volume XIX (1941), pp 19-21, plate IV; R.G. Collingwood and R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain I: Inscriptions on Stone, 1340
YEAR1
2014
YEAR2
2020
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Claire MacRae
DAY1
23
District
Sunderland
Easting
438370
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
556320
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Sunderland
Description
Cleveland Road, Methodist Church (Primitive Methodist). 1900/1-1972 (congregation to Thornhill Methodist Church). Seated 400. Demolished.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Cleveland Road, Methodist Church (Primitive Methodist). 1900/1-1972 (congregation to Thornhill Methodist Church). Seated 400. Demolished.
Site Name
Cleveland Road, Primitive Methodist Chapel
Site Type: Specific
Primitive Methodist Chapel
HER Number
16745
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, List of Non-Conformist Chapels in Sunderland
YEAR1
2014
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Claire MacRae
DAY1
23
District
Sunderland
Easting
440370
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
MATERIAL
brick; ashlar
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
555650
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Sunderland
Description
United Methodist Free Church (later Independent Methodist (which it was in 1902), now Salvation Army). 1890 by Middlemiss and Green. Gothic, Brick with ashlar dressings, gable front.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
United Methodist Free Church (later Independent Methodist (which it was in 1902), now Salvation Army). 1890 by Middlemiss and Green. Gothic, Brick with ashlar dressings, gable front.
Site Name
Cairo Street, United Free Methodist Church
Site Type: Specific
United Methodist Free Chapel
HER Number
16744
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, List of Non-Conformist Chapels in Sunderland
YEAR1
2014
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Claire MacRae
DAY1
23
District
Sunderland
Easting
440550
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
557530
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Sunderland
Description
Wesleyan? Chapel opposite High Street East Mission. Only used ‘for a short time’. Photograph shows flat-roofed brick building with triangular-headed windows.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Wesleyan? Chapel opposite High Street East Mission. Only used ‘for a short time’. Photograph shows flat-roofed brick building with triangular-headed windows.
Site Name
Burleigh Street Chapel (Wesleyan?)
Site Type: Specific
Methodist Chapel
HER Number
16743
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, List of Non-Conformist Chapels in Sunderland; Kirton, N. Places of Worship in Old Sunderland available online at www.sunderland-antiquarians.org.
YEAR1
2014
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Claire MacRae
DAY1
23
District
Newcastle
Easting
420040
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565310
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Bronze Age -2,600 to -700
Place
Denton
Description
Two shallow features were located during a series of archaeological works at Dene Lodge, Denton in 2010. One was a circular pit (0.4m in diameter x 0.15m deep) and contained a fill of rounded stones and three sherds of handmade Bronze-Age pottery. 1m south of this was a linear gully (0.6m x 0.2m x 0.1m deep) with a fill of sand and a few stones. Another sherd of Bronze Age pottery was recovered from this fill. These finds are consistent with these features being the remains of one or two disturbed Bronze Age urned cremations. Funerary activity of this period is known from the near surrounding area.
Site Type: Broad
Burial
SITEDESC
Two shallow features were located during a series of archaeological works at Dene Lodge, Denton in 2010. One was a circular pit (0.4m in diameter x 0.15m deep) and contained a fill of rounded stones and three sherds of handmade Bronze-Age pottery. 1m south of this was a linear gully (0.6m x 0.2m x 0.1m deep) with a fill of sand and a few stones. Another sherd of Bronze Age pottery was recovered from this fill. These finds are consistent with these features being the remains of one or two disturbed Bronze Age urned cremations. Funerary activity of this period is known from the near surrounding area.
Site Name
Denton, cremation burials
Site Type: Specific
Cremation Burial
HER Number
16742
Form of Evidence
Physical Evidence
Sources
Archaeological Services Durham University, 2010, Dene Lodge, Denton, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Works
YEAR1
2014
English, British
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
COMP1
Claire MacRae
DAY1
23
District
S Tyneside
Easting
434860
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36SW
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
561260
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
West Boldon
Description
North Lane Well marked on the First Edition Ordnance Survey Plan, 1862. Gone by 1897 edition.
Site Type: Broad
Water Storage Site
SITEDESC
North Lane Well marked on the First Edition Ordnance Survey Plan, 1862. Gone by 1897 edition.
Site Name
West Boldon, North Road, well
Site Type: Specific
Well
HER Number
16741
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
First Edition Ordnance Survey Plan, 1862
YEAR1
2014
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Claire MacRae
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
23
DAY2
20
District
S Tyneside
Easting
435140
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36SE
MONTH1
12
MONTH2
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
561050
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
West Boldon
Description
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel shown on the First Edition Ordnance Survey Plan, 1862.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel shown on the First Edition Ordnance Survey Plan, 1862. Seated 200 people.
Site Name
West Boldon, Addison Road, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
Site Type: Specific
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
HER Number
16740
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
First Edition Ordnance Survey Plan, 1862; Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels of South Tyneside
YEAR1
2014
YEAR2
2018
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Maritime
COMP1
Claire MacRae
DAY1
23
District
N Tyneside
Easting
435680
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
568000
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
North Shields
Description
Area built up by the early 19th century. Steel's Quay is labelled on Woods Plan, 1826.
Site Type: Broad
Landing Point
SITEDESC
Area built up by the early 19th century. Steel's Quay is labelled on Woods Plan, 1826.
Site Name
Clive Street, Steel's Quay
Site Type: Specific
Quay
HER Number
16739
Sources
Woods, Plan of the towns of North Shields and Tynemouth, 1826; Tyne and Wear Museums, 2010, Lilley and Gillie Ltd., North Shields, Tyne and Wear - Archaeological Assessment
YEAR1
2014
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Claire MacRae
DAY1
23
District
N Tyneside
Easting
435670
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Built Over
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
568010
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
North Shields
Description
Area built up by the early 19th century. The Dutalin Hotel is labelled on the First Edition Ordnance Survey Plan, 1868.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
Area built up by the early 19th century. The Dutalin Hotel is labelled on the First Edition Ordnance Survey Plan, 1868.
Site Name
Clive Street, The Dutalin Hotel
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
16738
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
First Edition Ordnance Survey Plan, 1858; Tyne and Wear Museums, 2010, Lilley and Gillie Ltd., North Shields, Tyne and Wear - Archaeological Assessment