Ryton (Clara Vale), polished axe

Ryton (Clara Vale), polished axe

HER Number
576
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 (Tool)
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Neolithic -4,000 to -2,200
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
In addition to flints Cocks recovered from his Site 14 B south of Clara Vale a fragment of a polished axe: "light grey flint triangular fragment of polished celt with 2 broken edges & 1 ground edge. Slightly calcined." Measuring 35 mm x 28 mm x 25 mm.
Easting
414250
Northing
564350
Grid Reference
NZ414250564350
Sources
<< HER 576 >> Museum of Antiquities, Notebooks of W.A. Cocks
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, pp. 21, and 22 fig. 4, no. 9.3c