Washington, Manor House Farm, polished axe

HER Number:
345

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Washington, Manor House Farm, 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:
An axe in smooth, discoloured buff stone was found during ploughing, probably in the 1960s at Manor House Farm (site of Little Usworth village). Its length was 156 mm, max. width 68 mm, max. thickness 38 mm.

Easting:
310

Northing:
579

Grid Reference:
NZ310579

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 345 >> R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 56, no. 1, fig. 18.1