South Shields Roman fort, polished axe

HER Number:
937

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields Roman fort, polished axe

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Tools and Equipment

Site Type: Broad:
Cutting Equipment

Site Type: Specific:
Axe

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:
Neolithic/Bronze Age

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Bruce recorded that a polished axe was "picked up in the fort", and Hodgson reported that "specimens of flint weapons were also found beneath the level of the Roman station. Two of the number, an arrow-head and a stone celt, are now in the Borough Museum". It appears that all the objects are now missing.

Easting:
365

Northing:
679

Grid Reference:
NZ365679

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 937 >> C. Bruce, 1880, On the recent discoveries in the Roman Camp on the Lawe... Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, X, pp. 270-1 G.B. Hodgson, 1903, The Borough of South Shields, p. 9 Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, RPM, 1977, flint arrowhead: stone axe(s) R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, pp. 80 and 83, fig. 26, no. 2.2