Hill Head Estate, flint arrowhead
Hill Head Estate, flint arrowhead
HER Number
1252
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Hill Head Estate, flint arrowhead
Place
Westerhope
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Arrowhead
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Neolithic -4,000 to -2,200
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
A flint arrowhead with minute secondary flaking on its edges, found when digging amongst builders' upcast from farmhouse foundations in the garden of 2 Trafford Walk, Hill Head Estate, Westerhope.
Easting
419090
Northing
567130
Grid Reference
NZ419090567130
Sources
<< HER 1252 >> Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, RPM, 1977, Flint arrowhead with secondary working
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 17 and fig. 3 on p. 18, no. 12
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 17 and fig. 3 on p. 18, no. 12