Tyne and Wear HER(938): South Shields Roman fort, Anglo-Saxon spearhead - Details
938
S Tyneside
South Shields Roman fort, Anglo-Saxon spearhead
South Shields
NZ36NE
Armour and Weapons
Weapon
Spearhead
Early Medieval
Find
An Anglo-Saxon barbed spearhead, 30 cm long with socket incomplete, found in the upper occupation levels of the fort.
365
679
NZ365679
<< 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