Bewes Hill, flint knife
Bewes Hill, flint knife
HER Number
594
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Bewes Hill, flint knife
Place
Bewes Hill
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Plano Convex Knife
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Prehistoric -1,000 000 to 43
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
A flint knife, in opaque grey flint, 68 mm x 27 mm x 16 mm was found in 1955 by the Rev. L.T. Johnson of The Manse, Ryton. It was found in topsoil on the western edge of McAlpine's sand quarry at Bewes Hills, south-east of Stargate, and donated in 1958 to the Museum of Antiquities.
Easting
416620
Northing
562980
Grid Reference
NZ416620562980
Sources
<< HER 594 >> Museum of Antiquities Accession Cards, 1958, Flint knife, Ref. 19958.7A
D.J. Smith, 1966, Museum Notes, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XLIV, p. 245
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 25, no. 15
D.J. Smith, 1966, Museum Notes, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XLIV, p. 245
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 25, no. 15