Fulwell Quarries, polished axe

HER Number:
4

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Fulwell Quarries, polished axe

Place:
Fulwell

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Tools and Equipment

Site Type: Broad:
Cutting Equipment

Site Type: Specific:
Axe

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:
Neolithic

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Small Neolithic axe, in Langdale volcanic tuff; length 82 mm, width 57 mm, thickness 24 mm. Found in 1972 "near the path that runs from Mill Garages to Fulwell Quarries". Donated to Sunderland Museum.

Easting:
391

Northing:
597

Grid Reference:
NZ391597

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4 >> Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, 1976, Neolithic axe R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 64, and p. 66 fig. 20, no. 29