West Boldon, Downhill, flints

West Boldon, Downhill, flints

HER Number
879
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
West Boldon, Downhill, flints
Place
West Boldon
Map Sheet
NZ36SW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Artefact Scatter
Site Type: Specific
Flint Scatter
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Neolithic -4,000 to -2,200
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
In his list of flints Gibbs appears to have conflated finds from two different places on Downhill. He mentions that a "Quarry on South-West side" and "trenches on South side, 'Nanny Cow Hill' produced Flakes and Artifacts. Cist burial, Iron Age". As the latter was certainly on the reservoir site of Nanny Cow Hill, and is represented by HER no. 873-4, it must be assumed that flakes and artifacts were found at the quarry.
Easting
434800
Northing
560100
Grid Reference
NZ434800560100
Sources
<< HER 879 >> G.B.Gibbs, 1939, Neolithic Man in County Durham, Antiquities of Sunderland, Vol. XIX (for 1929-32), p. 26; H. Preston, 1935, Microlithic and other Industries of the Wear Valley, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of newcastle upon Tyne, 4, VI (for 1933-34), p 109