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251


Sunderland


Hetton-le-Hole, Carr House Farm, stone axe


Hetton-le-Hole


NZ34NE


Tools and Equipment


Cutting Equipment


Axe


Prehistoric


Neolithic/Bronze Age


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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.


376


476


NZ376476



<< 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

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