Record ID: DUR-CC556F
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Gateshead
Workflow stage: Published
A group of 2 flint microliths of Mesolithic date (9000-3450 BC). The lithics are sub-triangular in plan and plano-convex in section. Lithic no. 1 retains a small amount of cortex on the dorsal and is therefore a secondary flake. Lithic no. 2 retains no cortex and is therefore a tertiary flake. The flakes are a dark grey in colour. The cortex is a light grey. Dimensions: No. 1: Length- 4.06mm, Width- 2.23mm, Thickness- 1.08mm, Weight- 0.1g No. 2: Length- 2.71mm, Width- 2.43mm, Thickness- 1.02mm, Weight- <0.1g
Created on: Monday 18th January 2016
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2017
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Record ID: DUR-CC4C38
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Gateshead
Workflow stage: Published
A group of 3 flint Microlithis of Mesolithic date (9000-3450 BC). The lithics are sub-triangular in plan and plano-convex in section. Lithic no. 1 retains a small amount of cortex on the right hand edge and is therefore a secondary flake. The others retain no cortex and are therefore tertiary flakes. The flakes are a grey brown in colour. The cortex is a light grey/cream. Dimensions: No. 1: Length- 13.76mm, Width- 5.61mm, Thickness- 1.24mm, Weight- 0.1g No. 2: Length- 8.74mm, Width- 5.42mm, Thickness- 1.72mm, Weight- 0.1g No. 3: Length- 6.42mm, Width- 4.74mm, Thickness- 2.…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2016
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2017
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Record ID: DUR-3C07D8
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Gateshead
Workflow stage: Published
A group of 5 flints, either flint working debitage or possible Lithic Implements of Mesolithic date (9000-3450 BC). The lithics are sub-triangular in plan and concaveo-convex in section. All of the lithics taper to a point on the distal end. Lithic no. 2 has a notched aspect at the proximal end possibly from a hinged flake removal. Lithic no. 5 retains some retain some cortex on the dorsal surface and is therefore a secondary flake. The others retain no cortex and are therefore tertiary flakes. The flint is grey in colour aside from the dorsal surface of flake 3 where it is a reddi…
Created on: Monday 11th January 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th October 2017
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Record ID: DUR-1DBE20
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gateshead
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman as of Nero (AD 54-68), dating to the period c.AD 66-68 (Reece period 3). S C reverse type depicting Victory flying left holding shield inscribed S P Q R. Unclear mint, probably Lyon.
Created on: Wednesday 5th August 2015
Last updated: Friday 20th November 2020
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Record ID: IARCH-35668F
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gateshead
Workflow stage: Published
Robertson 2000, 21 no. 107A: "In a news report dated 1849, in the Department of Archaeology Library, Durham: "Several extensive parcels of coins have been sold to silversmiths in Newcastle at various periods. One towards the close of the last century consisting of "about as many as would fill half a mans hat all silver denarii..." It seems likely that the parcel of coins referred to here is part of the hoard from Gateshead, February, 1790 Including Domitian"
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2015
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Record ID: IARCH-A3960A
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gateshead
Workflow stage: Published
Robertson 2000, 32 no. 164: ""Great number of Roman coins enclosed in an urn many of the coins having got into the hands of the workmen could not be recoverd, yet several of them, in good preservation, of the Emperor Hadrian, were in the possession of the late D. Stephenson, Esq., architect." J. Sykes, Local Records (1833), I, 354; J.H. Corbitt, in AA (4), XXXVIII (1960), 120 The date of discovery was Feb. 1790. M.A. Richardson, The Borderer's (or Local Historian's) Table Book (1864), ii, 332; E. Birley, Research on Hadrian's Wall (1961), 162 Including Hadrian"
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2015
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Record ID: IARCH-5AA8C3
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gateshead
Workflow stage: Published
Robertson 2000, 236 no. 973A: ""Mr Mc Kenna, a member of the staff of the Public Library and Museum, South Shields, informs me that in 1927 a friend showed him 10 radiate coins said to have been dug up near the Seven Sisters, Whickham. I have not been able to trace these coins.. K.A. Steer, The Archaeology of Roman Durham (1938), unpublished PhD Thesis, Durham. Undated. Late 3rd century"
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whickham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-81128C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gateshead
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval gold finger-ring, with a four-cusped setting containing a transparent imitation 'gemstone'. The hoop is stirrup-shaped and the shoulders are each engraved with panels of foliate decoration. The hoop is slender and slightly bent. The ring probably dates to the 14th or 15th century. Analysis at the British Museum has shown that it is made of gold, and that the 'gemstone' is probably made of glass. The ring weighs 2.7grams, and the diameter is 21mm.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
Last updated: Friday 24th October 2014
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Record ID: NCL-F82F03
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gateshead
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy openwork mount with loop, dating to the post-medieval period. It is flat, openwork and lozengiform in shape. A circular loop extends from the apex. The centre of the object is decorated with a lozengiform moulding. On the underside, the central moulding is hollow and there appear to be four attachment lugs, one at each corner of the object. It has a length of 55mm, a width of 39mm and a thickness of 5mm. The style of the object dates it approximately to the 17th century, and the integral attachment lugs on the reverse support this date. Compare NCL-97E903, which has simi…
Created on: Monday 9th May 2005
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2023
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Record ID: NCL-8F22F4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gateshead
Workflow stage: Published
A 'Spanish cob' dating to the sixteenth or seventeenth century AD.
Created on: Wednesday 5th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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