Brenkley, flint scatter
Brenkley, flint scatter
HER Number
7750
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Brenkley, flint scatter
Place
Brenkley
Map Sheet
NZ27NW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Artefact Scatter
Site Type: Specific
Flint Scatter
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Mesolithic -10,000 to -4,000
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
A flint scatter comprising up to 900 items was recovered during field-walking exercise in the early-mid 1990s. The flints included tools and cores, apparently from the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods. A They were recovered from a wide are between Brenkley and Gasrdener’s Houses, with a particular concentration around NZ 2140 7484.
Easting
421400
Northing
574840
Grid Reference
NZ421400574840
Sources
Pers. Comm. Alan Biggins of Dinnington.
The Archaeological Practice, 1996, Gardener’s Houses, Dinnington, Tyne & Wear: An Archaeological Assessment. Unpublished report for H J Banks & company Limited, p. 9. (T&W HER 1996/13); Archaeological Research Services, 2012, Brenkley Lane South, Dinnington - archaeological assessment (addendum)
The Archaeological Practice, 1996, Gardener’s Houses, Dinnington, Tyne & Wear: An Archaeological Assessment. Unpublished report for H J Banks & company Limited, p. 9. (T&W HER 1996/13); Archaeological Research Services, 2012, Brenkley Lane South, Dinnington - archaeological assessment (addendum)