River Tyne, bronze spearhead
River Tyne, bronze spearhead
HER Number
597
District
Gateshead
Site Name
River Tyne, bronze spearhead
Place
Blaydon
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Looped Spearhead
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Bronze Age -2,600 to -700
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
A bronze spearhead was dredged from the Tyne near Blaydon, and bought for the Society of Antiquaries in 1864. It is a side-looped spearhead with leaf-shaped blade and measures 194 mm long x 53 mm max. width x 23 mm max. diameter of socket.
Easting
418400
Northing
563600
Grid Reference
NZ418400563600
Sources
<< HER 597 >> Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1885, Purchase, Vol. 2, I (for 1882-4), p. 355
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1889, Ancient British Implements of Bronze etc., Vol. 2, III (for 1887-8), p. 309
Archaeologia Aeliana, 1909, LXI, p. 234, fig. 60
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 24, and fig. 6, p. 28, no. 12
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1889, Ancient British Implements of Bronze etc., Vol. 2, III (for 1887-8), p. 309
Archaeologia Aeliana, 1909, LXI, p. 234, fig. 60
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 24, and fig. 6, p. 28, no. 12