Hylton, Anglo-Saxon brooch

HER Number

347

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Hylton, Anglo-Saxon brooch

Place

Hylton

Map Sheet

NZ35NW

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Findspot

Site Type: Specific

Brooch

General Period

EARLY MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Early Medieval 410 to 1066

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

An Anglo-Saxon small-long brooch. Bronze, 61 mm long and complete except for its iron pin. On the face of the trapezoidal headplate are incised lines which create a false panel effect, bordered on both sides by punched circles and dots.

Easting

434300

Northing

556700

Grid Reference

NZ434300556700

Sources

<< HER 347 >> R. Miket, 1982, An Anglo-Saxon small-long brooch from Hylton, Archaeologia Aeliana, 5, X, pp. 209-10