Monkwearmouth, Mesolithic tranchet axe
Monkwearmouth, Mesolithic tranchet axe
HER Number
50
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Monkwearmouth, Mesolithic tranchet axe
Place
Monkwearmouth
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Tranchet Axehead
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Mesolithic -10,000 to -4,000
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
A Maglemosian tranchet axe was found by W. Dodds in Church Street, c.100 - 200 yards north of St. Peter's Church, in sand 2-3 feet deep below cobbles, during a council landscaping project. It is possible that that the sand may have been dumped ballast. The present location of the axe is unknown.
Easting
440100
Northing
557800
Grid Reference
NZ440100557800
Sources
<< HER 50 >> D.W.Harding, 1970, County Durham in the Prehistoric Period 2, Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, II, p. 27
J. Wymer, ed. 1977, Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites in England and Wales, CBA Research Report, No. 20, p. 86
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 91 no. 4
R.Young, 1987, Lithics and Subsistence in North-Eastern England, British Archaeological Report, British Series, Vol. 161, p. 163, F38
M. Johnson, 1990, Wilfred Dodds : His Weapons and Archaeological Material Council British Archaeology 3, Newsbulletin, 3, Vol. 13 (March), pp. 9-10
Pers. Comm. John Pickin, Antiquities Officer, 1991, Mesolithic Flints from Monkwearmouth
J. Wymer, ed. 1977, Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites in England and Wales, CBA Research Report, No. 20, p. 86
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 91 no. 4
R.Young, 1987, Lithics and Subsistence in North-Eastern England, British Archaeological Report, British Series, Vol. 161, p. 163, F38
M. Johnson, 1990, Wilfred Dodds : His Weapons and Archaeological Material Council British Archaeology 3, Newsbulletin, 3, Vol. 13 (March), pp. 9-10
Pers. Comm. John Pickin, Antiquities Officer, 1991, Mesolithic Flints from Monkwearmouth