Sunderland, Millfield, perforated axe hammer

HER Number:
394

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Millfield, perforated axe hammer

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

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 axe-hammer of greenstone, with oval hole, found at Millfield. Its dimensions are: length 181 mm, max. width 62 mm, thickness 70 mm. It was found in or before 1897 and is now in the British Museum.

Easting:
381

Northing:
572

Grid Reference:
NZ381572

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 394 >> J. Evans, 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements...of Great Britain, 2nd ed., p. 194 W. Page, ed. 1905, Early Man, Victoria County History, Durham, Vol. I, p. 200 W.C. Mitchell, 1919, History of Sunderland, p. 6 J.A. Petch, 1925, Roman Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, p. 30 R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 62, and p. 66, fig. 20, no. 11