Walbottle, flint awl

HER Number:
1286

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Walbottle, flint awl

Place:
Walbottle

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Tools and Equipment

Site Type: Broad:
Piercing Equipment

Site Type: Specific:
Awl

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Found during field walking west of Walbottle, a worked point, probably an awl. The secondary retouch along both sides reaches the break which forms the base of the triangle. The flint itself is an uncommon colour (pale pinkish).

Easting:
166

Northing:
664

Grid Reference:
NZ166664

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1286 >> J. Cherry, 1970, The Flint Artefact... Archaeological Newsbulletin for Northumberland Cumberland & Westmorland, No. 7, January 1970, p. 12 R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 17 no. 13