Carr House Farm, stone axe
Carr House Farm, stone axe
HER Number
251
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Carr House Farm, stone axe
Place
Hetton-le-Hole
Map Sheet
NZ34NE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Axehead
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Neolithic -4,000 to -2,200
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Part of a Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age stone axe was found in 1962 during ploughing at Carr House Farm. The axe, made of volcanic tuff and believed to originate from the Pike of Stickle source in Cumbria, was said to be in the possession of Murton Modern School or Easington Comprehensive in 1977.
Easting
437600
Northing
547600
Grid Reference
NZ437600547600
Sources
<< HER 251 >> CBA Annual Report, 1963, No. 13, June, p. 24
Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, RPM, 1977, Late Neolithic/Early Br onxe Age stone axe, NE 34 NE 4
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 54, no. 4
Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, RPM, 1977, Late Neolithic/Early Br onxe Age stone axe, NE 34 NE 4
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 54, no. 4