Marsden, school garden, tanged and barbed arrowhead

HER Number:
852

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Marsden, school garden, tanged and barbed arrowhead

Place:
Marsden

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Armour and Weapons

Site Type: Broad:
Weapon

Site Type: Specific:
Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:
Neolithic/Bronze Age

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
In 1923 a flint tanged and barbed arrowhead was found in the school garden at Marsden. Its dimensions are given by Miket as: length 34 mm, width 12 mm, thickness 4 mm.

Easting:
4075

Northing:
6410

Grid Reference:
NZ40756410

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 852 >> R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 95 no. 12 R. Young, 1987, Lithics and Subsistence in North-Eastern England, British Archaeological Report, British Series, p. 216 F102, fig. IV.59 no. 1