Jarrow Slake, flint flake
Jarrow Slake, flint flake
HER Number
830
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Jarrow Slake, flint flake
Place
Jarrow
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Flake
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Prehistoric -1,000 000 to 43
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
In 1887 T. Hodgkin, secretary of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, reported that his son had found a worked flint at Jarrow, 2.5 inches long, while on an antiquarian pilgrimage. In 1903 G.B. Hodgson reported that "A worked flint, 2.25 inches long, was discovered near Jarrow Slake, in the early eighties...". The two objects may be the same.
Easting
434000
Northing
565000
Grid Reference
NZ434000565000
Sources
<< HER 830 >> T. Hodgkin, 1889, 2, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, III (for 1887-8), 174
G.B. Hodgson, 1903, The Borough of South Shields, 9
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 78 no. 4
G.B. Hodgson, 1903, The Borough of South Shields, 9
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 78 no. 4