Newburn, River Tyne, socketed axe

HER Number:
1254

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newburn, River Tyne, socketed axe

Place:
Newburn

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Armour and Weapons

Site Type: Broad:
Weapon

Site Type: Specific:
Axehead

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:
Bronze Age

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:
16650

Northing:
65277

Grid Reference:
NZ1665065277

Lats/Lons:

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