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
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, pp. 21, and 22 fig. 4, no. 9.3c