Bewes Hill, flat bronze axe
Bewes Hill, flat bronze axe
HER Number
593
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Bewes Hill, flat bronze axe
Place
Bewes Hill
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
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
A flat bronze axe was found in 1951 by G. Callender of Prudhoeand bought by the Museum of Antiquities in 1952. It was found protruding from a cutting in the sand quarry at Bewes Hill, about 4 feet below ground surface. In the museum records it is described as in fair condition, with a rudimentary top ridge and measuring 135 mm x 67 mm x 8 mm.
Easting
416710
Northing
563020
Grid Reference
NZ416710563020
Sources
<< HER 593 >> Museum of Antiquities Accession Cards, 1952, Flat Bronze Axehead, 1952.4
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, JHO, 1952, Early Bronze Age flat axe
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 23 no. 5
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, JHO, 1952, Early Bronze Age flat axe
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 23 no. 5