Hasting Hill barrow, antler pick
Hasting Hill barrow, antler pick
HER Number
467
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Hasting Hill barrow, antler pick
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ35SE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Barrow
Site Type: Specific
Pick
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Bronze Age -2,600 to -700
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
A pick formed of a stag's antler, 16 inches in length was found among limestone rubble a few feet north-west of the primary grave (HER no. 451:4) and a few inches above the limestone rock. This is the type of implement apparently in general use in constructing barrows. The fragment of stag's antler found in the primary grave may very possibly be the end of this pick broken off and left in the grave by accident.
Easting
435260
Northing
554450
Grid Reference
NZ435260554450
Sources
<< HER 467 >> C.T.Trechmann, 1912, Recent Finds of Prehistoric Remains at Hasting Hill, near Offerton, Antiquities of Sunderland, XIV, p. 3 no. 9
C.T. Trechmann, 1913, Hasting Hill, Offerton, Co. Durham, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 3, V (for 1911-12), p. 140 no. 9
C.T. Trechmann, 1914, Prehistoric Burials in the County of Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, 3, XI, pp. 136, 145
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, pp. 69, 75, Fig. 22 no. 1.1g, p. 74 Fig. 21 no. 7
C.T. Trechmann, 1913, Hasting Hill, Offerton, Co. Durham, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 3, V (for 1911-12), p. 140 no. 9
C.T. Trechmann, 1914, Prehistoric Burials in the County of Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, 3, XI, pp. 136, 145
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, pp. 69, 75, Fig. 22 no. 1.1g, p. 74 Fig. 21 no. 7