Austin & Pickersgill Shipyard, polished stone axe
Austin & Pickersgill Shipyard, polished stone axe
HER Number
390
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Austin & Pickersgill Shipyard, polished stone axe
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
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 polished stone axe was found 30 feet below the waterline at Austin and Pickersgill's Shipyard (probably Southwick Yard), in 1976. Its dimensions are: length 100 mm, max. width 59 mm, thickness 33 mm.
Easting
437800
Northing
558100
Grid Reference
NZ437800558100
Sources
<< HER 390 >> Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, 1976, Neolithic polished axe
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, pp. 62, 65, and fig. 19, no. 7
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, pp. 62, 65, and fig. 19, no. 7