Object: FLAT AXEHEAD
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Black Gate Museum, Newcastle. Mus. No. 1952.4,Purchased from finder Mr. S Callendar of Prudhoe, Humberland
Site: England, tyne & wear,stargate, 1 1/2 miles due w. of blaydon, bowes sand pit, found by mechanical excavator working in the sand pit.
Parish: Stargate
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 133
Edge (mm): 63.5
Thickness (mm): 7.9
Patina: Fairly good, dark green
Surface: Fair, slightly battered by mechanical excavator
Other: Has tick top left. It doesn't say "England " in Site but I have added it to be consistent with other Site addresses. Dimensions given in inches so I have converted to mm. Signed bottom left by somebody Bulmer.
Associations: None
Publications: Unpublished
Remarks: Note rudimentary stop ridge formed by thickening at the appropriate place