Jarrow Slake, flint flake

HER Number:
830

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Jarrow Slake, flint flake

Place:
Jarrow

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Tools and Equipment

Site Type: Broad:
Cutting Equipment

Site Type: Specific:
Flake

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
In 1887 T. Hodgkin, secretary of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, reported that his son had found a worked flint at Jarrow, 2.5 inches long, while on an antiquarian pilgrimage. In 1903 G.B. Hodgson reported that "A worked flint, 2.25 inches long, was discovered near Jarrow Slake, in the early eighties...". The two objects may be the same.

Easting:
34

Northing:
65

Grid Reference:
NZ3465

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 830 >> T. Hodgkin, 1889, 2, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, III (for 1887-8), 174 G.B. Hodgson, 1903, The Borough of South Shields, 9 R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 78 no. 4