Hylton, socketed axe from the River Wear
Hylton, socketed axe from the River Wear
HER Number
375
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Hylton, socketed axe from the River Wear
Place
Hylton
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Socketed Axehead
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Bronze Age -2,600 to -700
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
A socketed bronze axe was found in the River Wear at Hylton. There is no further information, and its whereabouts are unknown.
Easting
435000
Northing
557000
Grid Reference
NZ435000557000
Sources
<< HER 375 >> W. Page, ed. 1905, Victoria County History, Durham, Vol. I, p. 207
N.R. Whitcomb, 1968, Two Prehistoric Dug-out Canoes from the River Wear at Hylton,... Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XLVI, pp. 300-301
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 63, no. 18
N.R. Whitcomb, 1968, Two Prehistoric Dug-out Canoes from the River Wear at Hylton,... Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XLVI, pp. 300-301
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 63, no. 18