South Shields Roman fort, Anglo-Saxon spearhead
South Shields Roman fort, Anglo-Saxon spearhead
HER Number
938
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
South Shields Roman fort, Anglo-Saxon spearhead
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Socketed Spearhead
General Period
EARLY MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Early Medieval 410 to 1066
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
An Anglo-Saxon barbed spearhead, 30 cm long with socket incomplete, found in the upper occupation levels of the fort.
Easting
436500
Northing
567900
Grid Reference
NZ436500567900
Sources
<< 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
M.J. Swanton, 1973, Spearheads of Anglo-Saxon Settlements, 31, 146
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, RPM, 1977, Anglo-Saxon spearhead