Newcastle, Castle Garth, flint saw

HER Number:
1494

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Castle Garth, flint saw

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Tools and Equipment

Site Type: Broad:
Cutting Equipment

Site Type: Specific:
Saw

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Flint saw, found between the Black Gate and the railway. 46 mm long x 12 mm wide, x 6 mm thick. This was donated to the Society of Antiquaries by Norah Balls, and was presumably found when she laid out of the garden behind the Black Gate in the 1930s.

Easting:
2503

Northing:
6386

Grid Reference:
NZ25036386

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1494 >> Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p.43 no. 3