Sandgate, spear head

HER Number

6587

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Sandgate, spear head

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Findspot

Site Type: Specific

Spearhead

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Stuart 1603 to 1714

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

Spear head, inlaid with silver, Italian 17th century. Found whilst excavating a cellar at Sandgate. Donated to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne by Robert Brooks, Esq in 1884.

Easting

425600

Northing

564000

Grid Reference

NZ425600564000

Sources

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Series 1, 1:27 (1884), p 332.