Marsden, school garden, tanged and barbed arrowhead
Marsden, school garden, tanged and barbed arrowhead
HER Number
852
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Marsden, school garden, tanged and barbed arrowhead
Place
Marsden
Map Sheet
NZ46SW
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
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.
Easting
440750
Northing
564100
Grid Reference
NZ440750564100
Sources
<< 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
R. Young, 1987, Lithics and Subsistence in North-Eastern England, British Archaeological Report, British Series, p. 216 F102, fig. IV.59 no. 1