Barras Bridge, perforated axe-hammer
Barras Bridge, perforated axe-hammer
HER Number
1342
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Barras Bridge, perforated axe-hammer
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Axe Hammer
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Neolithic -4,000 to -2,200
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
In 1893, when some workmen were putting in a new drain, they found an axe-hammer in Burnup's timber yard, north of St. Thomas' church. One source says the find was made a little below the surface, another "some few feet below the surface". Made of granodiorite, length 119 mm, cutting edges 89 mm and 41 mm, max. width 61 mm, with an hour-glass perforation (20 mm diam.) drilled from both sides. The find was submitted to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle by Canon Greenwell.
Easting
424970
Northing
565060
Grid Reference
NZ424970565060
Sources
<< HER 1342 >> F.W. Dendy, 1904, An Account of Jesmond, Archaeologia Aeliana, 3, I, 17-18
J.D. Walker & Canon Greenwell, 1905, Donations to the Museum, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 3, I (for 1903-04), p. 146 and plate opp.
1906, Curators' Report for 1904, Archaeologia Aeliana, 3, II, p. xix
M.H. Dodds, 1930, Prehistoric Period, Northumberland County History, XIII, 15-16
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 34, and fig. 9, p. 35, no. 1
J.D. Walker & Canon Greenwell, 1905, Donations to the Museum, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 3, I (for 1903-04), p. 146 and plate opp.
1906, Curators' Report for 1904, Archaeologia Aeliana, 3, II, p. xix
M.H. Dodds, 1930, Prehistoric Period, Northumberland County History, XIII, 15-16
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 34, and fig. 9, p. 35, no. 1