Birtley, bronze spearhead

Birtley, bronze spearhead

HER Number
656
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Birtley, bronze spearhead
Place
Birtley
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Socketed Spearhead
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Bronze Age -2,600 to -700
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
In c. 1931-2 A. Raistrick found a bronze spearhead at the Birtley claypits; it was one of several prehistoric objects recovered by him from that general area in the early 1930s. It measured 172 mm long, with a maximum width of 38 mm and socket width of 22 mm.
Easting
426620
Northing
555885
Grid Reference
NZ426620555885
Sources
<< HER 656 >> R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 32 no. 5, p. 121 plate 3.1