Ryton (Bar Moor), polished axe
Ryton (Bar Moor), polished axe
HER Number
548
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Ryton (Bar Moor), polished axe
Place
Ryton
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Axe (Tool)
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Neolithic -4,000 to -2,200
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Cocks recovered from his Site 11, south of Bar Moor, a polished flint axe, 2.25 inches x 1.5 inches, described as a "calcined white flint celt much flaked by fire…(with) a small area of polished surface".
Easting
414600
Northing
563600
Grid Reference
NZ414600563600
Sources
<< HER 548 >> Museum of Antiquities, Notebooks of W.A. Cocks
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 20 no. 7.6
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 20 no. 7.6