Doxford's Shipyard, flint axe

HER Number

391

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Doxford's Shipyard, flint axe

Place

Pallion

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Findspot

Site Type: Specific

Axehead Roughout

General Period

PREHISTORIC

Specific Period

Neolithic -4,000 to -2,200

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

A rough flint axe was found at Pallion, in c. 1884, when Doxford's Shipyard was enlarged. It was given to Sunderland Museum in 1944 but is now missing.

Easting

437365

Northing

558076

Grid Reference

NZ437365558076

Sources

<< HER 391 >> R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 62, no. 9, and plate 6.2