River Tyne, socketed axe
River Tyne, socketed axe
HER Number
1254
District
Newcastle
Site Name
River Tyne, socketed axe
Place
Newburn
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Socketed Axehead
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Bronze Age -2,600 to -700
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
A bronze socketed axe, dredged from the Tyne at Newburn, was presented to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle in 1899 by G. Forster of Lemington. Length 93 mm, max width 60 mm.
Easting
416650
Northing
565277
Grid Reference
NZ416650565277
Sources
<< HER 1254 >> G. Forster, 1901, Exhibited, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 2, IX (for 1899-1900), pp. 102, 139
Archaeologia Aeliana, 1900, Donations to the Museum, 2, XXII, p. xiv
M.H. Dodds, 1930, Prehistoric Period, Northumberland County History, XIII, p. 18
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 24 and fig. 6 on p. 28, no. 10
Archaeologia Aeliana, 1900, Donations to the Museum, 2, XXII, p. xiv
M.H. Dodds, 1930, Prehistoric Period, Northumberland County History, XIII, p. 18
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 24 and fig. 6 on p. 28, no. 10