Castle Garth, flint saw
Castle Garth, flint saw
HER Number
1494
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Castle Garth, flint saw
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Saw
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Prehistoric -1,000 000 to 43
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Flint saw, found between the Black Gate and the railway. 46 mm long x 12 mm wide, x 6 mm thick. This was donated to the Society of Antiquaries by Norah Balls, and was presumably found when she laid out of the garden behind the Black Gate in the 1930s.
Easting
425030
Northing
563860
Grid Reference
NZ425030563860
Sources
<< HER 1494 >> Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p.43 no. 3
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p.43 no. 3