Tyne and Wear HER(4): Fulwell Quarries, polished axe - Details
4
Sunderland
Fulwell Quarries, polished axe
Fulwell
NZ35NE
Tools and Equipment
Cutting Equipment
Axe
Prehistoric
Neolithic
Find
Small Neolithic axe, in Langdale volcanic tuff; length 82 mm, width 57 mm, thickness 24 mm. Found in 1972 "near the path that runs from Mill Garages to Fulwell Quarries". Donated to Sunderland Museum.
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597
NZ391597
<< HER 4 >> Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, 1976, Neolithic axe
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 64, and p. 66 fig. 20, no. 29