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Roman Fort Excavations 1961

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Title	Roman Fort Excavations 1961
Reference Number	STH0007416
Photographer	Unknown
Town or Village	South Shields
Date	1961
Original Format	black and white
Period	The 1960s
Copyright	South Tyneside Libraries
Further Information	Excavations by members of the South Shields Archaeological and Historical Society revealed traces of the eastern section of the defensive ditch which once surrounded the Roman Fort at the Lawe. J.W.Thornbarrow, with soade, Hon. Sec. J.R.G. Middleton, Hon. Sec. Excavations Commitee. Foundations of the wall can be seen at the far end of the excavation and the collapsed wall lying in front.