West Brunton, flints

HER Number:
8007

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
West Brunton, flints

Place:
West Brunton

Map Sheet:
NZ27SW

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:
Artefact Scatter

Site Type: Specific:
Flint Scatter

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:
Mesolithic/Neolithic

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Fieldwalking of the southern part of this field produced a significant amount of flints. The raw material was largely local boulder clay flint of poor nodular quality. Low percentage of debitage. Few tools in proportion to the number of cores. One flint was burnt. Mixture of late Mesolithic and Neolithic tools. Two trenches were excavated across the areas with high concentrations of flints (false crest). However no features of archaeological interest were found in the trenches.

Easting:
219

Northing:
703

Grid Reference:
NZ219703

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Clive R. Hart, Tyne and Wear Museums, 2000, Report on artefacts NGP Field 32 (southern section); R.E. Young, 2001, Cell D, Field 32, Newcastle Great Park, Tyne and Wear, Total Artefact Content Analysis