Tyne and Wear HER(1253): Westerhope, polished axe - Details
1253
Newcastle
Westerhope, polished axe
Westerhope
NZ16NE
Tools and Equipment
Cutting Equipment
Polished Axe
Prehistoric
Neolithic
Find
A small polished axe was found at Westerhope, and donated to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle. It is described as 80 mm long, 44 mm wide, 20 mm thick, fractured at the butt.
198
667
NZ198667
<< HER 1253 >> H.H. Thomas & R.A. Smith, 1927, Donations to the Museum,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, II (for 1925-26), p. 206 and illus p. 187
G.R.B. Spain, 1929, Curators' Report, 1926,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, III (for 1927-28), p. 10, no. 14
M.H. Dodds, 1930, Prehistoric Period, Northumberland County History,XIII, 14
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, JHO, 1951, Neolithic axe
G. Jobey, 1970, An Iron Age Settlement and Homestead at Burradon, Northumberland, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XLVIII, 82
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 16 and fig. 3 on p. 18, no. 6