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235


Sunderland


Silksworth, Doxford Park, polished axe


Silksworth


NZ35SE


Tools and Equipment


Cutting Equipment


Axe


Prehistoric


Neolithic


FInd


A large, coarse sandstone axe was found at Doxford Park in a 'load of earth' during road making 1972 and retained by the finder. The object is described as follows: length 134 mm, max width 46 mm, max thickness 34 mm. Broad blade, slightly chipped. The axe does not appear to fall into any known group of sandstone axes in north England and south Scotland.


373


522


NZ373522



<< HER 235 >> Ordnance Survey archaeological record card, RPM, 1977, Neolithic axe R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, pp. 71-2 and fig. 24, no. 8

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