Blaydon, polished axe
Blaydon, polished axe
HER Number
598
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Blaydon, polished axe
Place
Blaydon
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Polished Axehead
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Neolithic -4,000 to -2,200
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
This battered stone axe was said to have been found in Blaydon, probably before 1940, and in 1968 was among a small group of prehistoric material in Blaydon East Secondary Modern School, Shibdon Road, Blaydon. It is recorded as measuring 11.3 cms. long by 5.6 cms. wide and 2.5 cms. thick The cutting edge and about 2 cms. on either side is polished but it is impossible to say whether this was the total extent of the polishing or if it had at one time been polished overall, since most of the surface is missing, possibly due to burning.
Easting
418000
Northing
563000
Grid Reference
NZ418000563000
Sources
<< HER 598 >> Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, JHO, 1952, Neolithic/Early Bronze Age polished stone axe
J. Tait, 1968, Prehistoric Finds, from Blaydon, Co. Durham,
Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, New series Vol. I, pp. 101-2 no. 3
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 25, and fig. 7 p. 29, no. 14
J. Tait, 1968, Prehistoric Finds, from Blaydon, Co. Durham,
Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, New series Vol. I, pp. 101-2 no. 3
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 25, and fig. 7 p. 29, no. 14