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