One of two swords dredged from the River Wear at Ford near Hylton in c. 1910 by Mervyn Wake and presented to Sunderland Museum by Dr. D. Wawn. It is of 'Ewart Park' type, with the hilt altered or replaced in modern times. It was recorded as 428 mm long and with a max. width of 45 mm.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
With another sword, dredged from the River Wear in c. 1910. Of Ewart Park type; hilt altered (or replaced ?) in modern times. Length 428 mm, max. width 45 mm. Miket goes on to say that it was presented to Sunderland Museum by Dr D. Wawn, but was reported to have been dredged from the wear near Hylton at Ford by Mervyn Wake. As another sword is supposed to have been found in the same area in 1885 (388), and in 1892 to have been in the possession of H.H. Wake, he wonders if they could have been confused, i.e. there is only one sword not two. He notes, however, that the hilt of 388 is said to have been perfectly preserved.
Site Name
Hylton, River Wear, bronze sword
Site Type: Specific
Sword
HER Number
386
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 386 >> N.R. Whitcomb, 1968, Two Prehistoric Dug-out Canoes from the River Wear at Hylton... Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XLVI, pp. 300-301
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, pp. 62-63, 66, and fig. 20, no. 13
SURVIVAL
80-90%
YEAR1
1991
YEAR2
1996
English, British
ADDITINF
N
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Barbara Harbottle
DAY1
11
DAY2
22
District
Sunderland
Easting
439000
Grid ref figure
4
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MONTH1
03
MONTH2
01
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 35 NE 63
Northing
555000
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Prehistoric -1,000 000 to 43
Place
Sunderland
Description
In 1939 Gibbs recorded the discovery of "blue patinated artifacts" from the boulder clay in the Ashburn area. The objects are presumed lost.
Site Type: Broad
Artefact Scatter
SITEDESC
Gibbs recorded the discovery of "blue patinated artifacts" from the boulder clay of a "dry bed" in the Ashburn area. The grid reference is that provided by the O.S. Young could not locate these objects which must be presumed lost. They are not mentioned by Miket.
Site Name
Ashburn, ? Flints
Site Type: Specific
Flint Scatter
HER Number
385
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 385 >> Antiquities of Sunderland, G.B. Gibbs, 1939, Neolithic Man in County Durham, Vol. 19 (for 1929-32), p. 25
R. Young, 1987, Lithics and Subsistence in North-Eastern England, British Archaeological Report, British Series,Vol. 161, pp. 294-5, F 176
SURVIVAL
0
YEAR1
1991
YEAR2
1996
English, British
ADDITINF
N
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
382, 383
DAY1
11
DAY2
22
District
Sunderland
Easting
436000
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MATERIAL
Flint
MONTH1
03
MONTH2
01
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 35 NE 26
Northing
559000
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Mesolithic -10,000 to -4,000
Place
Hylton
Description
On the southern slopes of Hylton Castle Hill Preston found worked flints which included a hollow scraper, a food chopper and a pyramidal core, plus two flakes found in 1931. Their present whereabouts are unknown, Miket in 1984 also included in this group "two flints said to have been collected in the 1930s by Dr. A. Raistrick" now at the Craven Museum, Skipton.
Site Type: Broad
Artefact Scatter
SITEDESC
On the southern slopes of Hylton castle hill Preston found worked flints which included a hollow scraper, a food chopper and a pyramidal core, plus two flakes found in 1931. Their present whereabouts are unknown, so they have not been seen by Miket and Young, though the latter put them in his Mesolithic section. Miket also lists in this group "two flints said to have been collected in the 1930s by Dr A. Raistrick" now at the Craven Museum, Skipton.
Site Name
Hylton Castle hill, miscellaneous worked flints
Site Type: Specific
Flint Scatter
HER Number
384
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 384 >> H. Preston, 1929, Flint work-sites in North-East Durham, The Vasculum,Vol. 15, no. 4, p. 141
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 63, no. 16.1-3
R. Young, 1987, Lithics and Subsistence in North-Eastern England, British Archaeological Report, British Series, Vol. 161, p. 167, F 44
SURVIVAL
0
YEAR1
1991
YEAR2
1996
English, British
ADDITINF
N
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
382, 384
DAY1
11
DAY2
22
District
Sunderland
Easting
436000
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MATERIAL
Greenstone
MONTH1
03
MONTH2
01
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 35 NE 26
Northing
559000
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Neolithic -4,000 to -2,200
Place
Hylton
Description
Preston, the antiquarian, found the damaged "butt end of a polished greenstone axe …. max. surviving length 41 mm, width 28 mm. Badly chipped and broken" in fields nearby trenches on the hill above Hylton Castle, along with other "well-worked flint implements". The present whereabouts of this find is unknown.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
Preston found "the butt end of a polished greenstone axe which has been rechipped and then broken or possibly flakes have been struck from it for use after the polished axe was fractured". Referring to trenches on the hill above Hylton Castle, he said he found the axe, and other "well-worked flint implements", in "the nearby fields". "Max. surviving length 41 mm, width 28 mm. Badly chipped and broken". Present whereabouts unknown.
Site Name
Hylton Castle hill, polished axe
Site Type: Specific
Polished Axehead
HER Number
383
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 383 >> H. Preston, 1932, Re-chipped Greenstone Axes, The Vasculum, Vol. 18, no. 1, p. 20
G.B. Gibbs, 1939, Neolithic Man in County Durham, Antiquities of Sunderland, Vol. 19 (for 1929-32), p. 26
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 62, and fig. 19, no. 6
R. Young, 1987, Lithics and Subsistence in North-Eastern England, British Archaeological Report, British Series, Vol. 161, p. 167, F 44
SURVIVAL
0
YEAR1
1991
YEAR2
1996
English, British
ADDITINF
N
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
381, 383, 384
DAY1
08
DAY2
22
District
Sunderland
Easting
436000
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MATERIAL
Gritstone (Sandstone)
MONTH1
03
MONTH2
01
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 35 NE 26
Northing
559000
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Prehistoric -1,000 000 to 43
Place
Hylton
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.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
On the brow of the hill above Hylton Castle, "in entrenchments made during the war (i.e. World War 1), there was found "a magnificent gritstone adze". In Preston's possession in 1929, its whereabouts are now unknown, and it may never have left him. Miket suggests, improbably, that this may be a duplicate of 381, which is a perforated greenstone axe and does still exist.
Site Name
Hylton Castle hill, adze
Site Type: Specific
Adze
HER Number
382
Form of Evidence
Find
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
SURVIVAL
0
YEAR1
1991
YEAR2
1996
English, British
ADDITINF
N
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
382, 383
DAY1
01
DAY2
22
District
Sunderland
Easting
435000
Grid ref figure
4
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MATERIAL
Greenstone
MONTH1
03
MONTH2
01
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
558000
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Neolithic -4,000 to -2,200
Place
North Hylton
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.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
"Butt end of a perforated stone axe, in fine-grained greenstone. Broken across the perforation. Max. surviving length 86 mm, max. width 75 mm, max. thickness 41 mm". The provenance of this object is obscure, and Miket suggests it may be a duplicate of 382, which is described as a gritstone adze. Gibbs' reference to half a stone axe from north of Hylton castle could equally well apply to 383, and this is assumed to be so.
Site Name
North Hylton, axe hammer
Site Type: Specific
Axehead
HER Number
381
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 381 >> R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 61, and fig. 19, no. 5.1
SURVIVAL
40-59%
YEAR1
1991
YEAR2
1996
English, British
ADDITINF
N
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Barbara Harbottle
DAY1
01
DAY2
22
District
Sunderland
Easting
439700
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MATERIAL
Flint
MONTH1
03
MONTH2
01
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 45 NW 8
Northing
556100
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Prehistoric -1,000 000 to 43
Place
Sunderland
Description
In 1939 Gibbs recorded the discovery of "reddish yellow scrapers" in this area. Apparently now lost.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
Gibbs recorded the discovery of "reddish yellow scrapers" in this area. Not traced by Young, ? now lost. Note that O.S. have it on the neighbouring map.
Site Name
Esplanade West, scrapers
Site Type: Specific
Scraper (Tool)
HER Number
380
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 380 >> G.B. Gibbs, 1939, Neolithic Man in County Durham, Antiquities of Sunderland, Vol. 19 (for 1929-32), p. 25
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 64, no. 23
R. Young, 1987, Lithics and Subsistence in North-Eastern England, British Archaeological Report, British Series, Vol. 161, p. 295, F 178
SURVIVAL
0
YEAR1
1991
YEAR2
1996
English, British
ADDITINF
N
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Barbara Harbottle
DAY1
01
DAY2
22
District
Sunderland
Easting
439200
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MATERIAL
Flint
MONTH1
03
MONTH2
01
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 35 NE 59
Northing
555900
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Prehistoric -1,000 000 to 43
Place
Sunderland
Description
In 1939 Gibbs recorded the discovery of "a scraper, or gun flint" at Brookside Terrace. Apparently now lost.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
Gibbs recorded the discovery of "a scraper, or gun flint" at Brookside Terrace. Not traced by Young, ? now lost. Miket suggests perhaps Brookside Gardens but does not explain why.
Site Name
Brookside Terrace, scraper
Site Type: Specific
Scraper (Tool)
HER Number
379
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 379 >> G.B. Gibbs, 1939, Neolithic Man in County Durham, Antiquities of Sunderland, Vol. 19 (for 1929-32), p. 25
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 64, no. 27
R. Young, 1987, Lithics and Subsistence in North-Eastern England, British Archaeological Report, British Series, Vol. 161, p. 295, F 177
SURVIVAL
0
YEAR1
1991
YEAR2
1996
English, British
ADDITINF
N
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Barbara Harbottle
DAY1
01
DAY2
22
District
Sunderland
Easting
439800
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MATERIAL
Flint
MONTH1
03
MONTH2
01
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 35 NE 38
Northing
555980
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Prehistoric -1,000 000 to 43
Place
Sunderland
Description
In 1939 Gibbs recorded "reddish yellow scrapers" from this location. Apparently now lost.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
Gibbs recorded "reddish yellow scrapers" from this location. Not traced by Young, ? now lost.
Site Name
West Hendon House, scraper
Site Type: Specific
Scraper (Tool)
HER Number
378
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 378 >> G.B. Gibbs, 1939, Neolithic Man in County Durham, Antiquities of Sunderland, Vol. 19 (for 1929-32), p. 25
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 63, no. 22
R. Young, 1987, Lithics and Subsistence in North-Eastern England, British Archaeological Report, British Series, Vol. 161, p. 295, F 179
SURVIVAL
0
YEAR1
1991
YEAR2
1996
English, British
ADDITINF
N
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Barbara Harbottle
DAY1
05
DAY2
22
District
Sunderland
Easting
438000
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MATERIAL
Flint
MONTH1
03
MONTH2
01
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 35 NE 36
Northing
555900
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Neolithic -4,000 to -2,200
Place
Sunderland
Description
In 1939 Gibbs recorded the discovery, in Mount Road, of an arrowhead, ?barbed and tanged. Now lost.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
Gibbs records the discovery, in Mount Road, of an arrowhead, ?barbed and tanged. Now lost.
Site Name
Mount Road, arrowhead
Site Type: Specific
Arrowhead
HER Number
377
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 377 >> G.B. Gibbs, 1939 , Neolithic Man in County Durham, Antiquities of Sunderland, Vol. 19 (for 1929-32), p. 25
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 63, no. 21
R. Young, 1987, Lithics and Subsistence in North-Eastern England, British Archaeological Report, British Series, Vol. 161, pp. 218-19, F 110