Denton Hall, perforated axe-hammer

HER Number:
1249

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Denton Hall, perforated axe-hammer

Place:
Denton

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Tools and Equipment

Site Type: Broad:
Striking Equipment

Site Type: Specific:
Axe Hammer

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:
Neolithic/Bronze Age

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
A perforated stone axe-hammer was found near Denton Hall, probably in 1822, but was subsequently lost.

Easting:
1986

Northing:
6566

Grid Reference:
NZ19866566

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1249 >> M.A. Richardson, 1843, Local Historian's Table Book, Historical Division, III, 260 fig. 2 M.H. Dodds, 1930, Prehistoric Period, Northumberland County History, XIII, 16 R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 15 and fig. 3 on p. 18, no. 4