Harraton, Romano British Brooch

HER Number:
4605

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Harraton, Romano British Brooch

Place:
Harraton

Map Sheet:
NZ25SE

Class:
Dress and Personal Ornament

Site Type: Broad:
Personal Ornament

Site Type: Specific:
Brooch

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:
C2

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
In November 1996 two members of the pubic from St George's Estate, Harraton, Washington brought an unusual Romano-British brooch to Arbeia Roman Fort for identification. The brooch is a chatelaine brooch, which originally would have had a small toilet set, consisting of tweezers, nail cleaner and ear scoop, suspended from it. These are now missing. The main part of the brooch, decorated with enamel of three colours, is in good condition. Brooches of this type date to the 2nd century A.D. They are extremely rare, just 15 other examples being known, only one of which was found in the North. Two from East Anglia closely resemble the Harraton brooch.

Easting:
299

Northing:
538

Grid Reference:
NZ299538

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4605 >> Pers. Comm. M. Snape, 1996, Tyne and Wear Museums Tyne and Wear Museums, 1996, A Romano-British Chatelaine Brooch from Harraton, Tyne and Wear, Archaeologia Aeliana, 5, xxv, p149-151