Throckley, Dewley, flint arrowhead

HER Number

1285

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Throckley, Dewley, flint arrowhead

Place

Dewley

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Findspot

Site Type: Specific

Arrowhead

General Period

PREHISTORIC

Specific Period

Later Prehistoric -4,000 to 43

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

A hollow-based flint arrowhead was found in 1974 in a field north of Dewley Hill. Its measurements are given as follows: max. length 37 mm, max. width 17 mm, thickness 3 mm.

Easting

416050

Northing

568270

Grid Reference

NZ416050568270

Sources

<< HER 1285 >> R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 17 no. 14