Whickham, Beech Grove, polished axe

HER Number:
675

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Whickham, Beech Grove, polished axe

Place:
Whickham

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Tools and Equipment

Site Type: Broad:
Cutting Equipment

Site Type: Specific:
Axe

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:
Neolithic

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
In 1917 a polished axe with both faces badly chipped was donated to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle by Mr. G. Forster. He had found it in his garden in Beech Grove, Whickham. Its measurements are as follows: "Length 107 mm, width 51 mm, thickness 25 mm.

Easting:
211

Northing:
617

Grid Reference:
NZ211617

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 675 >> Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1918 Donation to the Museum, 3, VIII (for 1917-18), 16 R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, pp. 38-9, fig. 11 p. 41, no. 7