Dewley Hill, polished axe
Dewley Hill, polished axe
HER Number
187
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Dewley Hill, polished axe
Place
Throckley
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Barrow
Site Type: Specific
Polished Axehead
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Neolithic -4,000 to -2,200
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
A fine-grained limestone polished axe-head, of which only part of the blade end survives, was found in the 'barrow' by E. Sockett and its discovery recorded by the Museum of Antiquities. Its max. surviving length is 850 mm, max. width 88 mm, max. thickness 35 mm. In 1991 it was donated to the Museum of Antiquities.
Easting
416030
Northing
568020
Grid Reference
NZ416030568020
Sources
<< HER 187 >> E.W. Sockett, 1971, Stone Axe from Dewley Law, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XLIX, pp. 245-6
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 15 and plate 1, 2.2
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 15 and plate 1, 2.2