Ryton (Clara Vale), jet disc
Ryton (Clara Vale), jet disc
HER Number
580
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Ryton (Clara Vale), 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
As well as the lithic material he recovered from his Site 14 B, south of Clara Vale, Cocks also found "a disc of jet or cannel coal shaped by scraping", measuring 39 mm x 35 mm.
Easting
414250
Northing
564350
Grid Reference
NZ414250564350
Sources
<< HER 580 >> Museum of Antiquities, Notebooks of W.A. Cocks
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 21 no. 9.3a
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 21 no. 9.3a