Westerhope, Chapel Park, tanged and barbed arrowhead

HER Number:
1251

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Westerhope, Chapel Park, tanged and barbed arrowhead

Place:
Westerhope

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Armour and Weapons

Site Type: Broad:
Weapon

Site Type: Specific:
Arrowhead

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:
Bronze Age

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
A barbed and tanged arrowhead found at Chapel Park, Westerhope, was donated to the Museum of Antiquities in 1974 by M.J. Taylor. Part of one barb is missing. It is 27 mm long x 4 mm thick.

Easting:
1845

Northing:
6759

Grid Reference:
NZ18456759

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1251 >> Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, RPM, 1977 EBA flint arrowhead R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 15 no. 3