Felling, perforated axe-hammer
Felling, perforated axe-hammer
HER Number
698
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Felling, perforated axe-hammer
Place
Felling
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
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 axe-hammer, "of impure ferruginous sandstone", was found in 1937 in clay at a depth of 3 feet on Nest House Estate, Felling, while the Newcastle and Gateshead Water Company was laying mains. Its measurements are recorded as follows: Length 233 mm, max. width 98 mm, max. thickness 80 mm, perforation 33 mm. It was presented to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle by J.D. Cowen.
Easting
427100
Northing
562500
Grid Reference
NZ427100562500
Sources
<< HER 698 >> Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1939, Donations, 4, VIII (for 1937-8), 148-9 and plate viii
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, JHO, 1952, Bronze Age perforated axe-hammer
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 43, and fig. 13 p. 45, no. 4
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, JHO, 1952, Bronze Age perforated axe-hammer
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 43, and fig. 13 p. 45, no. 4