Ryton (Bar Moor), jet disc

Ryton (Bar Moor), jet disc

HER Number
570
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Ryton (Bar Moor), jet disc
Place
Ryton
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Disc
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Later Prehistoric -4,000 to 43
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Among the lithic material from his Site 7, Cocks also found a jet disc, in April 1952: "Disc of jet or cannel coal shaped by scraping on edges", measuring 38 mm x 28 mm.
Easting
414500
Northing
563500
Grid Reference
NZ414500563500
Sources
<< HER 570 >> Museum of Antiquities, Notebooks of W.A. Cocks
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 20 no. 7.1c