Throckley Bank, bronze axe head

HER Number

5450

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Throckley Bank, bronze axe head

Place

Throckley

Map Sheet

NZ16NW

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Findspot

Site Type: Specific

Axe

General Period

PREHISTORIC

Specific Period

Bronze Age -2,600 to -700

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

First and 2nd edition Ordnance Survey maps record the finding of a bronze axe head at the foot of Throckley Bank.

Easting

414000

Northing

566000

Grid Reference

NZ414000566000

Sources

<< HER 5450 >> T. Frain, 2002, Tyne and Wear Museums, Throckley Water Treatment Works, Archaeological Assessment, p 8