River Tyne, two Roman copper alloy brooches

HER Number:
6716

District:
Gateshead and Newcastle

Site Name:
River Tyne, two Roman copper alloy brooches

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Dress and Personal Accessories

Site Type: Broad:
Personal Ornament

Site Type: Specific:
Brooch

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:
C2

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
River Tyne, two Roman copper alloy brooches One brooch with missing foot, head and bow enamelled in blue with fragment of chain attached to the loop. Of Backworth type. Second brooch, with harp-shaped bow, probably C2 AD. A 7 inch chain is attached. The brooches may have been worn as a dissimilar pair. Both dredged from the Tyne. Donated to the Society of Antiquaries by E. Blair.

Easting:
252

Northing:
637

Grid Reference:
NZ252637

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Museum of Antiquities, 1923.11; Archaeologia Aeliana, 3, XXI, (1924), pl VIII