Hylton, River Wear, bronze sword
Hylton, River Wear, bronze sword
HER Number
387
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Hylton, River Wear, bronze sword
Place
Hylton
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Sword
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Bronze Age -2,600 to -700
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
One of two swords dredged from the River Wear at Ford near Hylton, this one c. 1830. It is of 'Ewart Park' type, with the hilt altered or replaced in modern times. It was recorded as 501 mm long and with a max. width of 42 mm.
Easting
435000
Northing
556900
Grid Reference
NZ435000556900
Sources
<< HER 387 >> N.R. Whitcomb, 1968, Two Prehistoric Dug-out Canoes from the River Wear at Hylton... Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XLVI, pp. 300-301
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, 1977, 2 Late Bronze Age swords
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, pp. 62-3, 66, and fig. 20, no. 14
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, 1977, 2 Late Bronze Age swords
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, pp. 62-3, 66, and fig. 20, no. 14