Benwell, Anglo-Saxon brooch
Benwell, Anglo-Saxon brooch
HER Number
1497
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Benwell, Anglo-Saxon brooch
Place
Benwell
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
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
A bronze cruciform brooch was found in May 1935 during drainage works a few yards west of the temple of Antenociticus, and east of Benwell fort. Length 136 metres, width of headplate 45 metres, width of foot 27 metres. The bow is of convex type, separated by individually treated rectangular panels from the elongated horse-head of the foot.
Easting
421700
Northing
564670
Grid Reference
NZ421700564670
Sources
<< HER 1497 >> P. Brewis, 1936, A cruciform brooch from Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XIII, 117-121
R. Cramp & R. Miket, 1982, Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon and Viking Antiquities, no. 6
R. Cramp & R. Miket, 1982, Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon and Viking Antiquities, no. 6