Piercebridge

Current Archaeology
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Bridge Over Troubled Water: the Roman finds from the River Tees at in context

The earliest recorded find from Piercebridge, the Roman crossing over the River Tees, was a stash of silver coins found in 1792. It was a hint of what would subsequently emerge when two divers, Rolfe Mitchinson and Bob Middlemass, began…

Current Archaeology
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Bridge over troubled water: Roman finds from the Tees at Piercebridge and beyond

Ritual or rubbish – how should we interpret objects that ended their days in rivers during the Roman period? Hella Eckardt and Philippa Walton consider this question by exploring the more than 3,600 artefacts that have been recovered from the waters of the Tees at Piercebridge.