Blackhall Mill, perforated axe-hammer

HER Number:
338

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Blackhall Mill, perforated axe-hammer

Place:
Blackhall Mill

Map Sheet:
NZ15NW

Class:
Tools and Equipment

Site Type: Broad:
Striking Equipment

Site Type: Specific:
Axe Hammer

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:
Neolithic/Bronze Age

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
A perforated stone axe-hammer of grey slate was found in the 1930s during house building. It is 224 mm long, 69 mm wide at the perforation and 84 mm at the blade, 93 mm thick, and the perforation is 34 mm. The upper and lower faces are slightly dished and the surface polished. A raised rib on the upper face runs from the perforation to the blade.

Easting:
122

Northing:
569

Grid Reference:
NZ122569

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 338 >> G. Jobey, 1972, Some local finds of Neolithic and Early Bronze Age stone implements, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, L, pp. 292-3, and fig. 1.4 R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 10, no. 2, fig. 1.2