Ryton (Clara Vale), Cocks Site 14A
Ryton (Clara Vale), Cocks Site 14A
HER Number
556
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Ryton (Clara Vale), Cocks Site 14A
Place
Ryton
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Artefact Scatter
Site Type: Specific
Flint Scatter
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Neolithic -4,000 to -2,200
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
From Site 14A, south of Clara Vale, his richest site, Cocks recovered 112 flints and other implements. Amongst these he identified 52 scrapers of assorted shapes and sizes 9 cores, 8 blades, 6 flakes, 6 strike-a-lights, 5 artifacts explicitly described as leaf-shaped arrowheads and a further 5 objects which he thought were whole or part arrowheads, 5 possible knives, 5 fabricators, 2 grey flint barbed and tanged arrowheads and 1 hammer.
Easting
414200
Northing
564700
Grid Reference
NZ414200564700
Sources
<< HER 556 >> Museum of Antiquities, Notebooks of W.A. Cocks
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 21 no. 9.2
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 21 no. 9.2