Ryhope Dene, Mesolithic flints
Ryhope Dene, Mesolithic flints
HER Number
227
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Ryhope Dene, Mesolithic flints
Place
Ryhope
Map Sheet
NZ45SW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Artefact Scatter
Site Type: Specific
Flint Scatter
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Mesolithic -10,000 to -4,000
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
The C.B.A. Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites records two blades/flakes from 'Ryhope Dene' recovered by Dr. A. Raistrick in the 1930s and donated to Skipton Museum.
Easting
441500
Northing
553000
Grid Reference
NZ441500553000
Sources
<< HER 227 >> G.B. Gibbs, 1932, Neolithic man in County Durham, Antiquities of Sunderland, Vol. 19 (for 1929-32), p. 24
J.J. Wymer, ed. 1977, Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites in England and Wales, C.B.A. Research Report, No. 20, p. 87
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 92 no. 6
R. Young, 1987, Lithics and Subsistence in North-Eastern England, British Archaeological Report, British Series, Vol. 161, p. 181, F52
J.J. Wymer, ed. 1977, Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites in England and Wales, C.B.A. Research Report, No. 20, p. 87
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 92 no. 6
R. Young, 1987, Lithics and Subsistence in North-Eastern England, British Archaeological Report, British Series, Vol. 161, p. 181, F52