Hylton Castle hill, World War One Trenches
Hylton Castle hill, World War One Trenches
HER Number
5481
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Hylton Castle hill, World War One Trenches
Place
Hylton
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Defence
Site Type: Broad
Fieldwork
Site Type: Specific
Trench
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
First World War 1914 to 1918
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
On the brow of the hill above Hylton Castle, "in entrenchments made during the war (i.e. World War 1), there was found "a magnificent gritstone adze" (HER 382).
Easting
436000
Northing
559000
Grid Reference
NZ436000559000
Sources
<< HER 5481 >> 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
Archaeological Services University of Durham, 2003, Hylton Lane, Downhill, Sunderland, Archaeological Assessment
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
Archaeological Services University of Durham, 2003, Hylton Lane, Downhill, Sunderland, Archaeological Assessment