Millfield, perforated axe hammer
Millfield, perforated axe hammer
HER Number
394
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Millfield, perforated axe hammer
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
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
A perforated axe-hammer of greenstone, with oval hole, found at Millfield. Its dimensions are: length 181 mm, max. width 62 mm, thickness 70 mm. It was found in or before 1897 and is now in the British Museum.
Easting
438100
Northing
557200
Grid Reference
NZ438100557200
Sources
<< HER 394 >> J. Evans, 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements...of Great Britain, 2nd ed., p. 194
W. Page, ed. 1905, Early Man, Victoria County History, Durham, Vol. I, p. 200
W.C. Mitchell, 1919, History of Sunderland, p. 6
J.A. Petch, 1925, Roman Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, p. 30
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 62, and p. 66, fig. 20, no. 11
W. Page, ed. 1905, Early Man, Victoria County History, Durham, Vol. I, p. 200
W.C. Mitchell, 1919, History of Sunderland, p. 6
J.A. Petch, 1925, Roman Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, p. 30
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 62, and p. 66, fig. 20, no. 11