Newcastle, Westgate Road, bronze bowl

HER Number:
11948

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Westgate Road, bronze bowl

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Container

Site Type: Broad:
Container

Site Type: Specific:
Bowl

General Period:
Unknown

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Bronze bowl, period unknown. Made of a thin sheet of light bronze hammered into a bowl shape. Similar to that dredged from the River Tyne at Newburn (HER 626). Dimensions: 14 1/2 inches in diameter, 4 inches high and rim 1/2 inch wide. Found 25th February 1891 whilst rebuilding the property of Mr William Angus at the back of Westgate Street.

Easting:
24355

Northing:
64065

Grid Reference:
NZ2435564065

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Museum of Antiquities 1891.4; Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2, V, 1893, p 10; Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XV, 1892, p 7