Tunstall Hills ?bronze axe
Tunstall Hills ?bronze axe
HER Number
237
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Tunstall Hills ?bronze axe
Place
Tunstall
Map Sheet
NZ35SE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Socketed Axehead
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Bronze Age -2,600 to -700
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
It was reported that: "In the year 1805, an ancient Roman Celt was ploughed out of Tunstall Hills. It was about 5 inches long, and 2.5 broad at the edge". It is implied that the find was a bronze rather than a stone axe.
Easting
439300
Northing
554400
Grid Reference
NZ439300554400
Sources
<< HER 237 >> G. Garbutt, 1819, History of Sunderland, p. 112
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 72, no. 12
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 72, no. 12