Dewley Hill, Mesolithic flints
Dewley Hill, Mesolithic flints
HER Number
188
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Dewley Hill, Mesolithic flints
Place
Throckley
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Artefact Scatter
Site Type: Specific
Flint Scatter
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Mesolithic -10,000 to -4,000
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Fieldwalking by Dr. Joan Weyman has produced mesolithic flints from the area around the barrow, and this collection is still growing. In 1984 Roger Miket reported that she had found 118 pieces "from the area of the barrow, and in particular the eastern side, close to the foot of the mound. These comprised four cores, one core trimming, one microburin, eight scrapers, two borers, and two fragments of microlith. The remainder were waste". This material has been deposited in the Museum of Antiquities, with the accompanying field note books.
Easting
416000
Northing
568100
Grid Reference
NZ416000568100
Sources
<< HER 188 >> R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, no. 2.3, p. 15