Ryton (Clara Vale), hone
Ryton (Clara Vale), hone
HER Number
579
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Ryton (Clara Vale), hone
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
Among the lithic material he recovered from his Site 14 B, south of Clara Vale, Cocks also found a "tapered light grey stone with rounded ends & of rectangular section", interpreted as a whetstone or burnisher.
Easting
414250
Northing
564350
Grid Reference
NZ414250564350
Sources
<< HER 579 >> Museum of Antiquities, Notebooks of W.A. Cocks
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 21 no. 9.3b
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 21 no. 9.3b