Tyne and Wear HER(675): Whickham, Beech Grove, polished axe - Details
675
Gateshead
Whickham, Beech Grove, polished axe
Whickham
NZ26SW
Tools and Equipment
Cutting Equipment
Axe
Prehistoric
Neolithic
Find
In 1917 a polished axe with both faces badly chipped was donated to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle by Mr. G. Forster. He had found it in his garden in Beech Grove, Whickham. Its measurements are as follows: "Length 107 mm, width 51 mm, thickness 25 mm.
211
617
NZ211617
<< HER 675 >> Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1918 Donation to the Museum, 3, VIII (for 1917-18), 16
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, pp. 38-9, fig. 11 p. 41, no. 7