Ryton, Bar Moor, leaf-shaped arrowheads

HER Number:
591

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Ryton, Bar Moor, leaf-shaped arrowheads

Place:
Ryton

Map Sheet:
NZ16SW

Class:
Armour and Weapons

Site Type: Broad:
Weapon

Site Type: Specific:
Leaf Arrowhead

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:
Neolithic

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Two flint leaf-shaped arrowheads were found on the surface of a ploughed field behind Emma Colliery in 1954, and given to the Museum of Antiquities by the Rev. L.T. Johnson of The Manse, Ryton.

Easting:
1445

Northing:
6380

Grid Reference:
NZ14456380

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 591 >> Museum of Antiquities Accession cards, 1958 - 1958.8 and 9 D.J. Smith, 1966, Museum Notes, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XLIV, p. 246 R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 20, no. 7.3