Tunstall Hills ?bronze axe

HER Number:
237

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Tunstall Hills ?bronze axe

Place:
Tunstall

Map Sheet:
NZ35SE

Class:
Tools and Equipment

Site Type: Broad:
Cutting Equipment

Site Type: Specific:
Axe

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:
Bronze Age

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
It was reported that: "In the year 1805, an ancient Roman Celt was ploughed out of Tunstall Hills. It was about 5 inches long, and 2.5 broad at the edge". It is implied that the find was a bronze rather than a stone axe.

Easting:
393

Northing:
544

Grid Reference:
NZ393544

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 237 >> G. Garbutt, 1819, History of Sunderland, p. 112 R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 72, no. 12