Ryton (Clara Vale), polished axe
Ryton (Clara Vale), polished axe
HER Number
561
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Ryton (Clara Vale), polished axe
Place
Ryton
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Axe
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Neolithic -4,000 to -2,200
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
In addition to the flints from his Site 14A, south of Clara Vale, Cocks recovered what he interpreted as a part of a polished axe: "light grey flint irregularly broken fragment of polished celt, retaining about 0.5" of cutting edge".
Easting
414200
Northing
564700
Grid Reference
NZ414200564700
Sources
<< HER 561 >> Museum of Antiquities, Notebooks of W.A. Cocks
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 21 no. 9.2f
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 21 no. 9.2f