South Shields, harness mounts

HER Number:
16751

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, harness mounts

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Animal Equipment

Site Type: Broad:
Harness Fitting

Site Type: Specific:
Harness Mount

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:
C2

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Bronze harness mounts. Maximum diameter 6.4 cm. The design of the two mounts, which are not exactly a pair, is based upon the 'trumpet' motif and is entirely Celtic. The 'trumpets' are combined to form a 'triquetra' or three-looped ornament. Similar mounts originated in north Gaul and the Rhineland and were carried by Roman troops from Celtic lands as far afield as Mesopotamia and Morocco. Great North Museum: Hancock 1956.128.103.A

Easting:
36

Northing:
67

Grid Reference:
NZ3667

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
DJ Smith, 1974, Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle upon Tyne - An Illustrated Introduction, 19; Archaeologia Aeliana, Series Two, Volume X (1885), p 260; The Arts Council, 1970, Early Celtic Art (exhibition catalogue), 32, no. 166