Dewley Hill, Mesolithic flints
Dewley Hill, Mesolithic flints
HER Number
              188
          District
              Newcastle
          Site Name
              Dewley Hill, Mesolithic flints
          Place
              Throckley
          Map Sheet
              NZ16NE
          Class
              Monument <By Form>
          Site Type: Broad
              Artefact Scatter
          Site Type: Specific
              Flint Scatter
          General Period
              PREHISTORIC
          Specific Period
              Mesolithic -10,000 to -4,000
          Form of Evidence
              Find
          Description
              Fieldwalking by Dr. Joan Weyman has produced mesolithic flints from the area around the barrow, and this collection is still growing. In 1984 Roger Miket reported that she had found 118 pieces "from the area of the barrow, and in particular the eastern side, close to the foot of the mound. These comprised four cores, one core trimming, one microburin, eight scrapers, two borers, and two fragments of microlith. The remainder were waste". This material has been deposited in the Museum of Antiquities, with the accompanying field note books.
          Easting
              416000
          Northing
              568100
          Grid Reference
              NZ416000568100
    Sources
              << HER 188 >>   R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, no. 2.3, p. 15