Hylton Dene, River Wear, bronze sword

HER Number:
388

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Hylton Dene, River Wear, bronze sword

Place:
Hylton

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Armour and Weapons

Site Type: Broad:
Weapon

Site Type: Specific:
Sword

General Period:
Unknown

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
A bronze sword is said to have been dredged from the River Wear, between Hylton Dene and Park's Nook, in either 1855 or 1885. In 1892 it was in the possession of H.H. Wake, but its present whereabouts are unknown.

Easting:
3620

Northing:
5766

Grid Reference:
NZ36205766

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 388 >> T.C. Potts, 1892, History of Sunderland, p. 59 W.C. Mitchell, 1919, History of Sunderland, p. 4 Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, 1977, Alleged Roman bronze sword R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 63, no. 15