Tyne and Wear HER(852): Marsden, school garden, tanged and barbed arrowhead - Details
852
S Tyneside
Marsden, school garden, tanged and barbed arrowhead
Marsden
NZ46SW
Armour and Weapons
Weapon
Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead
Prehistoric
Neolithic/Bronze Age
Find
In 1923 a flint tanged and barbed arrowhead was found in the school garden at Marsden. Its dimensions are given by Miket as: length 34 mm, width 12 mm, thickness 4 mm.
4075
6410
NZ40756410
<< HER 852 >> R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 95 no. 12
R. Young, 1987, Lithics and Subsistence in North-Eastern England, British Archaeological Report, British Series, p. 216 F102, fig. IV.59 no. 1