Westerhope, polished axe
Westerhope, polished axe
HER Number
1253
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Westerhope, polished axe
Place
Westerhope
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
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
A small polished axe was found at Westerhope, and donated to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle. It is described as 80 mm long, 44 mm wide, 20 mm thick, fractured at the butt.
Easting
419800
Northing
566700
Grid Reference
NZ419800566700
Sources
<< HER 1253 >> H.H. Thomas & R.A. Smith, 1927, Donations to the Museum,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, II (for 1925-26), p. 206 and illus p. 187
G.R.B. Spain, 1929, Curators' Report, 1926,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, III (for 1927-28), p. 10, no. 14
M.H. Dodds, 1930, Prehistoric Period, Northumberland County History,XIII, 14
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, JHO, 1951, Neolithic axe
G. Jobey, 1970, An Iron Age Settlement and Homestead at Burradon, Northumberland, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XLVIII, 82
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 16 and fig. 3 on p. 18, no. 6
G.R.B. Spain, 1929, Curators' Report, 1926,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, III (for 1927-28), p. 10, no. 14
M.H. Dodds, 1930, Prehistoric Period, Northumberland County History,XIII, 14
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, JHO, 1951, Neolithic axe
G. Jobey, 1970, An Iron Age Settlement and Homestead at Burradon, Northumberland, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XLVIII, 82
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 16 and fig. 3 on p. 18, no. 6