Walbottle, flint awl
Walbottle, flint awl
HER Number
1286
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Walbottle, flint awl
Place
Walbottle
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Awl
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Prehistoric -1,000 000 to 43
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Found during field walking west of Walbottle, a worked point, probably an awl. The secondary retouch along both sides reaches the break which forms the base of the triangle. The flint itself is an uncommon colour (pale pinkish).
Easting
416600
Northing
566400
Grid Reference
NZ416600566400
Sources
<< HER 1286 >> J. Cherry, 1970, The Flint Artefact... Archaeological Newsbulletin for Northumberland Cumberland & Westmorland, No. 7, January 1970, p. 12
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 17 no. 13
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 17 no. 13