Bewes Hill, flat bronze axe

HER Number:
593

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Bewes Hill, flat bronze axe

Place:
Bewes Hill

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Tools and Equipment

Site Type: Broad:
Cutting Equipment

Site Type: Specific:
Axe

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:
Bronze Age

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
A flat bronze axe was found in 1951 by G. Callender of Prudhoeand bought by the Museum of Antiquities in 1952. It was found protruding from a cutting in the sand quarry at Bewes Hill, about 4 feet below ground surface. In the museum records it is described as in fair condition, with a rudimentary top ridge and measuring 135 mm x 67 mm x 8 mm.

Easting:
1671

Northing:
6302

Grid Reference:
NZ16716302

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 593 >> Museum of Antiquities Accession Cards, 1952, Flat Bronze Axehead, 1952.4 Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, JHO, 1952, Early Bronze Age flat axe R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 23 no. 5