Benwell, Anglo-Saxon brooch

HER Number:
1497

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Benwell, Anglo-Saxon brooch

Place:
Benwell

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Dress and Personal Accessories

Site Type: Broad:
Personal Ornament

Site Type: Specific:
Brooch

General Period:
Early Medieval

Specific Period:
C6

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
A bronze cruciform brooch was found in May 1935 during drainage works a few yards west of the temple of Antenociticus, and east of Benwell fort. Length 136 metres, width of headplate 45 metres, width of foot 27 metres. The bow is of convex type, separated by individually treated rectangular panels from the elongated horse-head of the foot.

Easting:
2170

Northing:
6467

Grid Reference:
NZ21706467

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1497 >> P. Brewis, 1936, A cruciform brooch from Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XIII, 117-121 R. Cramp & R. Miket, 1982, Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon and Viking Antiquities, no. 6