Grindon, Neolithic/Bronze Age flints
Grindon, Neolithic/Bronze Age flints
HER Number
233
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Grindon, Neolithic/Bronze Age flints
Place
Grindon
Map Sheet
NZ35SE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Neolithic -4,000 to -2,200
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Two flint barbed and tanged arrowheads were found in the sand quarry at Grindon, one in 1947. The surviving one is of grey flint, 22 mm long, 23 mm wide, and 2 mm thick.
Easting
435900
Northing
554600
Grid Reference
NZ435900554600
Sources
<< HER 233 >> R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 72, no. 9.1
R. Young , 1987, Lithics and Subsistence in North-Eastern England, British Archaeological Report, British Series, Vol. 161, p. 208, F 83
R. Young , 1987, Lithics and Subsistence in North-Eastern England, British Archaeological Report, British Series, Vol. 161, p. 208, F 83