South Shields Roman fort, jet button

HER Number:
939

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields Roman fort, jet button

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Dress and Personal Accessories

Site Type: Broad:
Dress Component

Site Type: Specific:
Button

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Jet or shale conical V-perforated button, diameter 38 mm; subsequently perforated for use as a spindle whorl. Found in a secondary context sometime between 1875-1878.

Easting:
365

Northing:
679

Grid Reference:
NZ365679

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 939 >> R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, pp. 80 and 83, fig. 26, no. 2.3