Clara Vale, roughout axe
Clara Vale, roughout axe
HER Number
586
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Clara Vale, roughout axe
Place
Clara Vale
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Axe
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Neolithic -4,000 to -2,200
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
A flint axe, possibly a roughout, was found in 1917 about 50 yards west of a cist burial (HER no. 518), and in 1959 was noted by the Ordnance Survey as being in the possession of Mrs. Wheatley of Ash Tree Farm, Chopwell.
Easting
412980
Northing
564610
Grid Reference
NZ412980564610
Sources
<< HER 586 >> Museum of Antiquities, Notebooks of W.A. Cocks
W.A. Cocks, 1935, The Ryton 'Cup and Ring' marked Rock, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, VI (for 1933-34), p. 354
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, E.C. Waight, 1959, Stone celt found 1917
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, pp. 20-21, and 22 fig. 4 no. 8
W.A. Cocks, 1935, The Ryton 'Cup and Ring' marked Rock, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, VI (for 1933-34), p. 354
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, E.C. Waight, 1959, Stone celt found 1917
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, pp. 20-21, and 22 fig. 4 no. 8