Hylton, crossing of the River Wear
Hylton, crossing of the River Wear
HER Number
286
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Hylton, crossing of the River Wear
Place
Hylton
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Ford
General Period
UNCERTAIN
Specific Period
Uncertain
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Two possible Roman crossings of the Wear have been suggested, one at Ford, the other at Hylton. There are two separate accounts of a mass of laid stone across the Wear at Hylton, with an oak framework, decorated stones, a lead inscription, and evidence for the use of cramps. Since most of this structure was removed in 1865, it is now impossible to determine whether this was indeed a Roman structure, and whether it functioned as a bridge or causeway. Recent authors have tended not to claim a Roman road in this locality.
Easting
435100
Northing
556900
Grid Reference
NZ435100556900
Sources
<< HER 286 >> R. Surtees, 1820, History of...Durham, II, pp. 306-07, 317
W.H.D. Longstaffe, 1858, Durham before the Conquest, Proceedings of the Archaeological Institute Newcastle, I, p. 61
Rev. Dr. Hooppell, 1885, A Further Account of Traces pf a Roman Bridge at Hylton,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 2, I (for 1883-4), pp. 134-8
F. Haverfield & Rev. W. Featherstonhaugh, 1891, Hylton Ford, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 2, IV (for 1889-90), pp. 230-1
E. Birley, 1939, Roman Inscriptions from Chesters...and two Milestones, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XVI, pp. 257-9
D.P. Dymond, 1963, Roman Bridges on Dere Street, County Durham, Archaeological Journal, Vol. 118 (for 1961), p. 151
R. Selkirk, 1983, The Piercebridge Formula, pp. 77-8
P.T. Bidwell & N. Holbrook, 1989, Hadrian's Wall Bridges, pp. 112-13
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 3, I, 98-9
W.H.D. Longstaffe, 1858, Durham before the Conquest, Proceedings of the Archaeological Institute Newcastle, I, p. 61
Rev. Dr. Hooppell, 1885, A Further Account of Traces pf a Roman Bridge at Hylton,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 2, I (for 1883-4), pp. 134-8
F. Haverfield & Rev. W. Featherstonhaugh, 1891, Hylton Ford, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 2, IV (for 1889-90), pp. 230-1
E. Birley, 1939, Roman Inscriptions from Chesters...and two Milestones, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XVI, pp. 257-9
D.P. Dymond, 1963, Roman Bridges on Dere Street, County Durham, Archaeological Journal, Vol. 118 (for 1961), p. 151
R. Selkirk, 1983, The Piercebridge Formula, pp. 77-8
P.T. Bidwell & N. Holbrook, 1989, Hadrian's Wall Bridges, pp. 112-13
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 3, I, 98-9