Ryton Ferry, River Tyne, beehive quern
Ryton Ferry, River Tyne, beehive quern
HER Number
589
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Ryton Ferry, River Tyne, beehive quern
Place
Ryton
Map Sheet
NZ16NW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Beehive Quern
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Iron Age -800 to 43
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
In the summer of 1939 the fine top stone of a beehive quern was recovered from the bed of the Tyne a little above the Ferry House at Ryton, and became part of the Cocks Collection.
Easting
414860
Northing
565100
Grid Reference
NZ414860565100
Sources
<< HER 589 >> Museum of Antiquities, Notebooks of W.A. Cocks
W.A. Cocks, 1947, A Cup-Marked Stone at Ryton, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, X (for 1942-46), pp. 87-8
W.A. Cocks, 1947, A Cup-Marked Stone at Ryton, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, X (for 1942-46), pp. 87-8