Hylton Castle hill, adze
Hylton Castle hill, adze
HER Number
382
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Hylton Castle hill, adze
Place
Hylton
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Adze
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Prehistoric -1,000 000 to 43
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
On the brow of the hill above Hylton Castle, in World War 1 entrenchments "a magnificent gritstone adze" was found. The find was in the possession of the antiquarian, Preston in 1929, but its whereabouts are now unknown.
Easting
436000
Northing
559000
Grid Reference
NZ436000559000
Sources
<< HER 382 >> H. Preston, 1929, Flint work-sites in North-East Durham, The Vasculum,Vol. 15, no. 4, p. 141
H. Preston, 1932, Re-chipped Greenstone Axes, The Vasculum, Vol. 18, no. 1, p. 20
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 61, no. 5.2
H. Preston, 1932, Re-chipped Greenstone Axes, The Vasculum, Vol. 18, no. 1, p. 20
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 61, no. 5.2