Hylton Castle hill, adze

HER Number:
382

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Hylton Castle hill, adze

Place:
Hylton

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Tools and Equipment

Site Type: Broad:
Cutting Equipment

Site Type: Specific:
Adze

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
On the brow of the hill above Hylton Castle, in World War 1 entrenchments "a magnificent gritstone adze" was found. The find was in the possession of the antiquarian, Preston in 1929, but its whereabouts are now unknown.

Easting:
360

Northing:
590

Grid Reference:
NZ360590

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 382 >> H. Preston, 1929, Flint work-sites in North-East Durham, The Vasculum,Vol. 15, no. 4, p. 141 H. Preston, 1932, Re-chipped Greenstone Axes, The Vasculum, Vol. 18, no. 1, p. 20 R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 61, no. 5.2