Tyne and Wear HER(390): Sunderland, Austin & Pickersgill Shipyard, polished stone axe - Details
390
Sunderland
Sunderland, Austin & Pickersgill Shipyard, polished stone axe
Sunderland
NZ35NE
Tools and Equipment
Cutting Equipment
Axe
Prehistoric
Neolithic
Find
A polished stone axe was found 30 feet below the waterline at Austin and Pickersgill's Shipyard (probably Southwick Yard), in 1976. Its dimensions are: length 100 mm, max. width 59 mm, thickness 33 mm.
378
581
NZ378581
<< HER 390 >> Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, 1976, Neolithic polished axe
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, pp. 62, 65, and fig. 19, no. 7