Throckley, Dewley Hill, polished axe

HER Number:
187

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Throckley, Dewley Hill, polished axe

Place:
Throckley

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Tools and Equipment

Site Type: Broad:
Cutting Equipment

Site Type: Specific:
Handaxe

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:
Neolithic

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
A fine-grained limestone polished axe-head, of which only part of the blade end survives, was found in the 'barrow' by E. Sockett and its discovery recorded by the Museum of Antiquities. Its max. surviving length is 850 mm, max. width 88 mm, max. thickness 35 mm. In 1991 it was donated to the Museum of Antiquities.

Easting:
1603

Northing:
6802

Grid Reference:
NZ16036802

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 187 >> E.W. Sockett, 1971, Stone Axe from Dewley Law, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XLIX, pp. 245-6 R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 15 and plate 1, 2.2