Ryton (Clara Vale), worked stones
Ryton (Clara Vale), worked stones
HER Number
564
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Ryton (Clara Vale), worked stones
Place
Ryton
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Whetstone
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Prehistoric -1,000 000 to 43
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
In addition to the flints from Site 14A, south of Clara Vale, Cocks found a number of possible worked stones, including a fine-grained sandstone 'whetstone or burnisher', a 'rubbing stone' and two 'hammerstones'.
Easting
414200
Northing
564700
Grid Reference
NZ414200564700
Sources
<< HER 564 >> Museum of Antiquities, Notebooks of W.A. Cocks
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 21 no. 9.2c
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 21 no. 9.2c