Dinnington, gold earring
Dinnington, gold earring
HER Number
779
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Dinnington, gold earring
Place
Dinnington
Map Sheet
NZ27SE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Ear Ring
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Bronze Age -2,600 to -700
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
A gold earring was found in Dinnington in 1861, "and given to the British Museum by J. Pierrepoint Morgan as part of the Greenwell Collection". Described as follows: "max. diameter 25 mm, weight 236 grammes. Crescentic earring, circular in section, spirally twisted with tapered terminals".
Easting
420000
Northing
573000
Grid Reference
NZ420000573000
Sources
<< HER 779 >> M.H. Dodds, 1930, Prehistoric Period, Northumberland County History, XIII, p. 17 and fig. 9
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, pp. 50-51, fig. 16, no. 8
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, pp. 50-51, fig. 16, no. 8