Marden, polished axe
Marden, polished axe
HER Number
728
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Marden, polished axe
Place
Marden
Map Sheet
NZ37SW
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 stone axe-head, with a narrow butt, "was found in 1961 in digging a back garden at 19 Barrington Avenue, Marden, Tynemouth...and remained in private possession. It was 120 mm in length and 57 mm in maximum breadth." Hand examination (by George Jobey) suggested that it was a Langdale product and had been reworked.
Easting
434900
Northing
570900
Grid Reference
NZ434900570900
Sources
<< HER 728 >> G. Jobey, 1972, Some local finds of Neolithic and Early Bronze Age stone implements, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, L, 292
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 88 no. 2
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 88 no. 2