Westerhope, Hill Head Estate, flint arrowhead

HER Number:
1252

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Westerhope, Hill Head Estate, flint arrowhead

Place:
Westerhope

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Armour and Weapons

Site Type: Broad:
Weapon

Site Type: Specific:
Arrowhead

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:
Neolithic?

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:
1909

Northing:
6713

Grid Reference:
NZ19096713

Lats/Lons:

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