North Hylton, axe hammer

HER Number

381

District

Sunderland

Site Name

North Hylton, axe hammer

Place

North Hylton

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

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

The Butt end of a perforated stone axe, in fine-grained greenstone is described by Miket in 1984 as surviving to max. length 86 mm, max. width 75 mm and max. thickness 41 mm. The provenance of this object is obscure.

Easting

435000

Northing

558000

Grid Reference

NZ435000558000

Sources

<< HER 381 >> R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 61, and fig. 19, no. 5.1