Marden, polished axe

HER Number:
728

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Marden, polished axe

Place:
Marden

Map Sheet:
NZ37SW

Class:
Tools and Equipment

Site Type: Broad:
Cutting Equipment

Site Type: Specific:
Axe

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:
Neolithic

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
A small polished stone axe-head, with a narrow butt, "was found in 1961 in digging a back garden at 19 Barrington Avenue, Marden, Tynemouth...and remained in private possession. It was 120 mm in length and 57 mm in maximum breadth." Hand examination (by George Jobey) suggested that it was a Langdale product and had been reworked.

Easting:
349

Northing:
709

Grid Reference:
NZ349709

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 728 >> G. Jobey, 1972, Some local finds of Neolithic and Early Bronze Age stone implements, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, L, 292 R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 88 no. 2