Newcastle, River Tyne, two Roman brooches

HER Number:
1496

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, River Tyne, two Roman brooches

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW NZ26SE

Class:
Dress and Personal Accessories

Site Type: Broad:
Personal Ornament

Site Type: Specific:
Brooch

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:
C2

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Listed among the Robert Blair Collection donated to the Society of Antiquaries were "2 harp-shaped bronze fibulae, one of the Backworth type with traces of enamel, and chain attached for wearing as a pair...2nd century A.D. Dredged from the Tyne". It is not clear where these were found.

Easting:
24

Northing:
63

Grid Reference:
NZ2463

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1496 >> Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1925,Curators' Report for the year 1923, 4, I (for 1923-24), 185 Archaeologia Aeliana, 1924, 3, XXI, 178, pl. 8 L. Allason-Jones, 1989, Women in Roman Britain, pl. 18 p. 61