Blackhall Mill, perforated axe-hammer
Blackhall Mill, perforated axe-hammer
HER Number
338
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Blackhall Mill, perforated axe-hammer
Place
Blackhall Mill
Map Sheet
NZ15NW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Axe Hammer
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Neolithic -4,000 to -2,200
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
A perforated stone axe-hammer of grey slate was found in the 1930s during house building. It is 224 mm long, 69 mm wide at the perforation and 84 mm at the blade, 93 mm thick, and the perforation is 34 mm. The upper and lower faces are slightly dished and the surface polished. A raised rib on the upper face runs from the perforation to the blade.
Easting
412200
Northing
556900
Grid Reference
NZ412200556900
Sources
<< HER 338 >> G. Jobey, 1972, Some local finds of Neolithic and Early Bronze Age stone implements, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, L, pp. 292-3, and fig. 1.4
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 10, no. 2, fig. 1.2
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 10, no. 2, fig. 1.2