Jarrow, flint axe

HER Number:
831

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Jarrow, flint axe

Place:
Jarrow

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Tools and Equipment

Site Type: Broad:
Cutting Equipment

Site Type: Specific:
Axe

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
A fine flint axe, 155 mm long, 50 mm broad, was found in the town of Jarrow about the end of 1886. There are no further details. It is not clear from this minimal description as to whether the axe was polished, partly polished or a roughout.

Easting:
33

Northing:
65

Grid Reference:
NZ3365

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 831 >> G.B. Hodgson,1903, The Borough of South Shields R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 78 no. 5