Humbledon Hill, flint arrowheads
Humbledon Hill, flint arrowheads
HER Number
9
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Humbledon Hill, flint arrowheads
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
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
One arrowhead, lacking its tang, is reported to have been found in 1950, and three c. 1953.
Easting
438000
Northing
555200
Grid Reference
NZ438000555200
Sources
<< HER 9 >> R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 61, no. 4.2, a-b
R. Young, 1987, Lithics and Subsistence in North-Eastern England, British Archaeological Report, Vol. 161, p. 213, F 93-95
Historic Geoquest 2000, Environment Record for Tyne & Wear, Archaeological Assessment for ... Humbledon Hill, Sunderland
R. Young, 1987, Lithics and Subsistence in North-Eastern England, British Archaeological Report, Vol. 161, p. 213, F 93-95
Historic Geoquest 2000, Environment Record for Tyne & Wear, Archaeological Assessment for ... Humbledon Hill, Sunderland