Manor House Farm, polished axe

HER Number

345

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Manor House Farm, polished axe

Place

Washington

Map Sheet

NZ35NW

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

An axe in smooth, discoloured buff stone was found during ploughing, probably in the 1960s at Manor House Farm (site of Little Usworth village). Its length was 156 mm, max. width 68 mm, max. thickness 38 mm.

Easting

431000

Northing

557900

Grid Reference

NZ431000557900

Sources

<< HER 345 >> R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 56, no. 1, fig. 18.1