Chapel Park, tanged and barbed arrowhead
Chapel Park, tanged and barbed arrowhead
HER Number
1251
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Chapel Park, tanged and barbed arrowhead
Place
Westerhope
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Bronze Age -2,600 to -700
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
418450
Northing
567590
Grid Reference
NZ418450567590
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
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 15 no. 3