The prehistoric axe, discovered by a fisherman at Cauldron Snout, Teesdale, in its original box and the new box in which Durham returned the object
Today’s Object of the Week is a prehistoric axe that has been on quite a journey . AN object from pre-history discovered more than 100 years ago is now back in a North Yorkshire museum after several years of examination by academics. In May 1910, Joseph Maughan of East Pastures, Skelton-in-Cleveland, found an axe embedded in dark coloured clay below the surface of the River Tees, whilst fishing at the Cauldron Snout beauty spot, in the North Pennines.