Old Tyne Bridge, bowl and handle

HER Number

6618

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Old Tyne Bridge, bowl and handle

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Findspot

Site Type: Specific

Bowl

General Period

UNCERTAIN

Specific Period

Uncertain

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

An egg-shaped bowl and a handle (nearly 6 inches long) with circular ornamentation were found in one of the piers of the Old Tyne Bridge.

Easting

425190

Northing

563750

Grid Reference

NZ425190563750

Sources

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Series 4, III (1929), pp 13-14