North Hylton, axe hammer

HER Number:
381

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
North Hylton, axe hammer

Place:
North Hylton

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Tools and Equipment

Site Type: Broad:
Striking Equipment

Site Type: Specific:
Axe Hammer

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:
Neolithic

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:
35

Northing:
58

Grid Reference:
NZ3558

Lats/Lons:

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