Hylton, Anglo-Saxon brooch

HER Number:
347

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Hylton, Anglo-Saxon brooch

Place:
Hylton

Map Sheet:
NZ35NW

Class:
Dress and Personal Accessories

Site Type: Broad:
Personal Ornament

Site Type: Specific:
Brooch

General Period:
Early Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
An Anglo-Saxon small-long brooch. Bronze, 61 mm long and complete except for its iron pin. On the face of the trapezoidal headplate are incised lines which create a false panel effect, bordered on both sides by punched circles and dots.

Easting:
343

Northing:
567

Grid Reference:
NZ343567

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 347 >> R. Miket, 1982, An Anglo-Saxon small-long brooch from Hylton, Archaeologia Aeliana, 5, X, pp. 209-10