West Denton, chert arrowhead
West Denton, chert arrowhead
HER Number
1250
District
Newcastle
Site Name
West Denton, chert arrowhead
Place
West Denton
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Arrowhead
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Bronze Age -2,600 to -700
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
An arrowhead, perhaps of chert, was found in the garden of 1 Harelow Grove, West Denton, and placed in the Museum of Antiquities on indefinite loan in 1961. It is a tanged arrowhead with the dimensions 44 mm long x 20 mm wide x 2 mm thick.
Easting
419000
Northing
566100
Grid Reference
NZ419000566100
Sources
<< HER 1250 >> D.J. Smith, 1963, Musuem Notes, 1963, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XLI, 220
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 16 and fig. 3 on p. 18, no. 5
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 16 and fig. 3 on p. 18, no. 5