Tyne and Wear HER(1997): Seaburn, Whitburn Sands, flint blade - Details
1997
Sunderland
Seaburn, Whitburn Sands, flint blade
Seaburn
NZ46SW
Tools and Equipment
Scraping Equipment
Blade
Prehistoric
Neolithic
Find
A flint found in the Seaburn submerged forest deposits circa 1993. It is of brown-black flint of a type used extensively in the post-Mesolithic eras, especially the Neolithic period in northern England. The tool appears to be a blade with no traces of retouch.
4061
6019
NZ40616019
<< HER 1997 >> Pers comm. C.R. Hart, 1993 Seaburn, Submerged Forest Bed, Whitburn Sands