South Shields Roman fort, Anglo-Saxon spearhead

HER Number:
938

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields Roman fort, Anglo-Saxon spearhead

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Armour and Weapons

Site Type: Broad:
Weapon

Site Type: Specific:
Spearhead

General Period:
Early Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
An Anglo-Saxon barbed spearhead, 30 cm long with socket incomplete, found in the upper occupation levels of the fort.

Easting:
365

Northing:
679

Grid Reference:
NZ365679

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 938 >> C. Bruce, 1880, On the recent discoveries in the Roman Camp on the Lawe... Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, X, 271 M.J. Swanton, 1973, Spearheads of Anglo-Saxon Settlements, 31, 146 Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, RPM, 1977, Anglo-Saxon spearhead