Throckley, Dewley Hill, Mesolithic flints

HER Number:
188

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Throckley, Dewley Hill, Mesolithic flints

Place:
Throckley

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:
Artefact Scatter

Site Type: Specific:
Flint Scatter

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:
Mesolithic

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Fieldwalking by Dr. Joan Weyman has produced mesolithic flints from the area around the barrow, and this collection is still growing. In 1984 Roger Miket reported that she had found 118 pieces "from the area of the barrow, and in particular the eastern side, close to the foot of the mound. These comprised four cores, one core trimming, one microburin, eight scrapers, two borers, and two fragments of microlith. The remainder were waste". This material has been deposited in the Museum of Antiquities, with the accompanying field note books.

Easting:
160

Northing:
681

Grid Reference:
NZ160681

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 188 >> R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, no. 2.3, p. 15