South Shields, harness mounts

HER Number

16751

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

South Shields, harness mounts

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Findspot

Site Type: Specific

Harness Mount

General Period

ROMAN

Specific Period

Roman 43 to 410

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

Bronze harness mounts. Maximum diameter 6.4 cm. The design of the two mounts, which are not exactly a pair, is based upon the 'trumpet' motif and is entirely Celtic. The 'trumpets' are combined to form a 'triquetra' or three-looped ornament. Similar mounts originated in north Gaul and the Rhineland and were carried by Roman troops from Celtic lands as far afield as Mesopotamia and Morocco. Great North Museum: Hancock 1956.128.103.A

Easting

436000

Northing

567000

Grid Reference

NZ436000567000

Sources

DJ Smith, 1974, Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle upon Tyne - An Illustrated Introduction, 19; Archaeologia Aeliana, Series Two, Volume X (1885), p 260; The Arts Council, 1970, Early Celtic Art (exhibition catalogue), 32, no. 166