Bewes Hill, flint knife

HER Number:
594

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Bewes Hill, flint knife

Place:
Bewes Hill

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Tools and Equipment

Site Type: Broad:
Cutting Equipment

Site Type: Specific:
Knife

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
A flint knife, in opaque grey flint, 68 mm x 27 mm x 16 mm was found in 1955 by the Rev. L.T. Johnson of The Manse, Ryton. It was found in topsoil on the western edge of McAlpine's sand quarry at Bewes Hills, south-east of Stargate, and donated in 1958 to the Museum of Antiquities.

Easting:
1662

Northing:
6298

Grid Reference:
NZ16626298

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 594 >> Museum of Antiquities Accession Cards, 1958, Flint knife, Ref. 19958.7A D.J. Smith, 1966, Museum Notes, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XLIV, p. 245 R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 25, no. 15