Monkwearmouth, Mesolithic tranchet axe

HER Number:
50

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Monkwearmouth, Mesolithic tranchet axe

Place:
Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Tools and Equipment

Site Type: Broad:
Cutting Equipment

Site Type: Specific:
Axe

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:
Mesolithic

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
A Maglemosian tranchet axe was found by W. Dodds in Church Street, c.100 - 200 yards north of St. Peter's Church, in sand 2-3 feet deep below cobbles, during a council landscaping project. It is possible that that the sand may have been dumped ballast. The present location of the axe is unknown.

Easting:
401

Northing:
578

Grid Reference:
NZ401578

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 50 >> D.W.Harding, 1970, County Durham in the Prehistoric Period 2, Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, II, p. 27 J. Wymer, ed. 1977, Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites in England and Wales, CBA Research Report, No. 20, p. 86 R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 91 no. 4 R.Young, 1987, Lithics and Subsistence in North-Eastern England, British Archaeological Report, British Series, Vol. 161, p. 163, F38 M. Johnson, 1990, Wilfred Dodds : His Weapons and Archaeological Material Council British Archaeology 3, Newsbulletin, 3, Vol. 13 (March), pp. 9-10 Pers. Comm. John Pickin, Antiquities Officer, 1991, Mesolithic Flints from Monkwearmouth