Burradon 1, stone axe

Part of a neolithic axe-head of flint or chert recovered from the bottom silt in the enclosure ditch of the homestead (HER 306) and presumably a 'stray'. It showed signs of breakage sometime in antiquity, with only the part carrying the blade surviving. This is a rare find of an axe-head from the heavy clays of south east Northumberland, others being found at South Shields and Jarrow to the south, Westerhope to the west and Morpeth to the north.