Hartley, flints

HER Number

781

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Hartley, flints

Place

Hartley

Map Sheet

NZ37NW

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Artefact Scatter

Site Type: Specific

Flint Scatter

General Period

PREHISTORIC

Specific Period

Early Prehistoric -1,000 000 to -4,000

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

Opposite St. Mary's Island traces (of chipped flints) were noticed. This was in contrast to the sparse distribution between the Tyne and Whitley Bay.

Easting

434000

Northing

575000

Grid Reference

NZ434000575000

Sources

<< HER 781 >> C.T. Trechmann, 1913, Notes on Neolithic Chipping Sites in Northumberland and Durham, Transactions Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle, 2, IV pt. 1, p. 81
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 87 no. 1