Washington, polished axe

HER Number:
342

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Washington, polished axe

Place:
Washington

Map Sheet:
NZ35NW

Class:
Tools and Equipment

Site Type: Broad:
Cutting Equipment

Site Type: Specific:
Axe

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:
Neolithic

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
A polished stone axe in Whin Sill material was found at Washington in 1963 and donated to Sunderland Museum. The dimensions are recorded as as 170 mm long, 80 mm wide, 46 mm thick.

Easting:
304

Northing:
583

Grid Reference:
NZ304583

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 342 >> Ordnance Survey archaeological record card, RPM, 1976, Neolithic axe R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 56, no. 2, and fig. 8.2