Sunderland, Hasting Hill barrow, antler pick

HER Number:
467

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Hasting Hill barrow, antler pick

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ35SE

Class:
Tools and Equipment

Site Type: Broad:
Striking Equipment

Site Type: Specific:
Pick

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:
Bronze Age

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
A pick formed of a stag's antler, 16 inches in length was found among limestone rubble a few feet north-west of the primary grave (HER no. 451:4) and a few inches above the limestone rock. This is the type of implement apparently in general use in constructing barrows. The fragment of stag's antler found in the primary grave may very possibly be the end of this pick broken off and left in the grave by accident.

Easting:
3526

Northing:
5445

Grid Reference:
NZ35265445

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 467 >> C.T.Trechmann, 1912, Recent Finds of Prehistoric Remains at Hasting Hill, near Offerton, Antiquities of Sunderland, XIV, p. 3 no. 9 C.T. Trechmann, 1913, Hasting Hill, Offerton, Co. Durham, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 3, V (for 1911-12), p. 140 no. 9 C.T. Trechmann, 1914, Prehistoric Burials in the County of Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, 3, XI, pp. 136, 145 R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, pp. 69, 75, Fig. 22 no. 1.1g, p. 74 Fig. 21 no. 7