Hylton Dene, River Wear, bronze sword
Hylton Dene, River Wear, bronze sword
HER Number
388
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Hylton Dene, River Wear, bronze sword
Place
Hylton
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Sword
General Period
UNCERTAIN
Specific Period
Uncertain
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
A bronze sword is said to have been dredged from the River Wear, between Hylton Dene and Park's Nook, in either 1855 or 1885. In 1892 it was in the possession of H.H. Wake, but its present whereabouts are unknown.
Easting
436200
Northing
557660
Grid Reference
NZ436200557660
Sources
<< HER 388 >> T.C. Potts, 1892, History of Sunderland, p. 59
W.C. Mitchell, 1919, History of Sunderland, p. 4
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, 1977, Alleged Roman bronze sword
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 63, no. 15
W.C. Mitchell, 1919, History of Sunderland, p. 4
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, 1977, Alleged Roman bronze sword
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 63, no. 15