In addition to flints Cocks recovered from his Site 14 B south of Clara Vale a black flint hammer stone, described as greatly battered.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
Among the 68 flints which Cocks recovered from his Site 14 B there was a "black flint hammer stone greatly battered. Portions of yellowish skin remaining". 83 mm x 51 mm. No. 233
Site Name
Ryton (Clara Vale), hammerstone
Site Type: Specific
Hammerstone
HER Number
577
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 577 >> Museum of Antiquities, Notebooks of W.A. Cocks
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 21 no. 9.3d
YEAR1
1992
YEAR2
1996
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
571
DAY1
27
DAY2
20
District
Gateshead
Easting
414250
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
MATERIAL
Flint
MONTH1
1
MONTH2
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564350
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Neolithic -4,000 to -2,200
Place
Ryton
Description
In addition to flints Cocks recovered from his Site 14 B south of Clara Vale a fragment of a polished axe: "light grey flint triangular fragment of polished celt with 2 broken edges & 1 ground edge. Slightly calcined." Measuring 35 mm x 28 mm x 25 mm.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
From Site 14 B, south of Clara Vale, Cocks recovered 68 flints. One of these was a "light grey flint triangular fragment of polished celt with 2 broken edges & 1 ground edge. Slightly calcined. 35 mm x 28 mm x 25 mm. No. 176 He suggested it might be another part of SMR 561. It was set by Cocks in a plaster cast, hence Miket's drawing.
Site Name
Ryton (Clara Vale), polished axe
Site Type: Specific
Axe (Tool)
HER Number
576
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 576 >> Museum of Antiquities, Notebooks of W.A. Cocks
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, pp. 21, and 22 fig. 4, no. 9.3c
YEAR1
1992
YEAR2
1996
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Barbara Harbottle
DAY1
27
DAY2
20
District
Gateshead
Easting
414250
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
MATERIAL
Flint
MONTH1
1
MONTH2
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564350
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Neolithic -4,000 to -2,200
Place
Ryton
Description
Cocks recovered 68 flints from his Site 14 B south of Clara Vale. Among these he identified 27 scrapers of various shapes, 14 flakes, 8 strike-a-lights, 6 possible knives, 2 leaf-shaped arrowheads, 2 cores, 2 probable gunflints, a light grey speckled barbed & tanged arrow head, and 1 tinderbox flint.
Site Type: Broad
Artefact Scatter
SITEDESC
Cocks recovered 68 flints from his Site 14 B south of Clara Vale. Among these were two leaf-shaped arrowheads. No. 124: "Speckled light grey flint irregular leaf shaped arrow head secondary working on face edge and back". 19 mm x 14 mm. No. 187: "Light grey speckled flint longitudinal half of leaf-shaped arrow head, re-used". 35 mm x 12 mm.
Site Name
Ryton (Clara Vale), Cocks Site 14B
Site Type: Specific
Flint Scatter
HER Number
571
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 571 >> Museum of Antiquities, Notebooks of W.A. Cocks
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 21 no. 9.3d
YEAR1
1992
YEAR2
1996
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
529
DAY1
23
DAY2
20
District
Gateshead
Easting
414500
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
MATERIAL
Jet
MONTH1
1
MONTH2
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563500
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Later Prehistoric -4,000 to 43
Place
Ryton
Description
Among the lithic material from his Site 7, Cocks also found a jet disc, in April 1952: "Disc of jet or cannel coal shaped by scraping on edges", measuring 38 mm x 28 mm.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
Among the lithic material from this site Cocks also found a jet disc, which he recorded in his category "Objects of probable prehistoric origin". No. 8 came from the NW quarter of the site, April 1952. "Disc of jet or cannel coal shaped by scraping on edges". 38 mm x 28 mm.
Site Name
Ryton (Bar Moor), jet disc
Site Type: Specific
Disc
HER Number
570
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 570 >> Museum of Antiquities, Notebooks of W.A. Cocks
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 20 no. 7.1c
YEAR1
1992
YEAR2
1996
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
529
DAY1
23
DAY2
20
District
Gateshead
Easting
414500
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
1
MONTH2
6
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 16 SW 23
Northing
563500
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Later Prehistoric -4,000 to 43
Place
Ryton
Description
Among the other lithic material from his Site 7, Cocks also recovered a cup-marked stone with one cup, measuring 150 mm x 107 metres, found in April 1944.
Site Type: Broad
Rock Art
SITEDESC
Among the other lithic material from this site, Cocks also recovered a cup- marked stone with one cup, 150 mm x 107mm. Found in April 1944. No. 3 in his list of "Sculptured Stones".
Site Name
Ryton (Bar Moor), cup-marked stone
Site Type: Specific
Cup and Ring Marked Stone
HER Number
569
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 569 >> Museum of Antiquities, Notebooks of W.A. Cocks
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 20 no. 7.1b; England's Rock Art (http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/era) ERA 2042
YEAR1
1992
YEAR2
1996
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
556
DAY1
23
DAY2
20
District
Gateshead
Easting
414200
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
1
MONTH2
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564700
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Later Prehistoric -4,000 to 43
Place
Ryton
Description
In addition to the flints from Site 14A, south of Clara Vale, Cocks records the discovery, on 27th February 1948, of a cup-marked stone, "with one very deep cup which appears to have been ground out. One end fractured".
Site Type: Broad
Rock Art
SITEDESC
Among the lithic material from this site Cocks records the discovery, on 27 February 1948, of a cup-marked stone, "with one very deep cup which appears to have been ground out. One end fractured. Use unknown". 70 mm x 76 mm. No. 5 in his list of "Sculptured Stones".
Site Name
Ryton (Clara Vale), cup marked stone
Site Type: Specific
Cup and Ring Marked Stone
HER Number
568
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 568 >> Museum of Antiquities, Notebooks of W.A. Cocks
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 21 no. 9.2a; England's Rock Art (http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/era) ERA-2043
YEAR1
1992
YEAR2
1996
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
556
DAY1
23
DAY2
20
District
Gateshead
Easting
414200
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
MATERIAL
Jet
MONTH1
1
MONTH2
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564700
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Later Prehistoric -4,000 to 43
Place
Ryton
Description
In addition to the flints from Site 14A, south of Clara Vale, Cocks found two jet discs. One is a disc of jet or cannel coal, shaped by scraping, with a perforation started on one side. The other, found on the north side of a gravelly ridge on 9th April 1953, was half of a large disc of jet or cannel coal with a worked hollow in the centre of each side, showing pecking.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
Among the lithic material from this site Cocks also found two jet discs, which he recorded in his category "Objects of probable prehistoric origin". No. 7. "Disc of jet or cannel coal, shaped by scraping. Commencement of perforation on one side". Cocks' dimensions 28 mm x 26 mm do not accord with Miket's 32 mm x 99 mm. No. 10 was found on the N side of the gravelly ridge, 9 April 1953. "Half of large disc of jet or cannel coal with worked hollow in centre of each side, shewing pecking. Disc roughly shaped by scraping". 102 mm x 51 mm x 25 mm thick.
Site Name
Ryton (Clara Vale), jet discs
Site Type: Specific
Disc
HER Number
567
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 567 >> Museum of Antiquities, Notebooks of W.A. Cocks
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 21 no. 9.2e
YEAR1
1992
YEAR2
1996
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
556
DAY1
23
DAY2
20
District
Gateshead
Easting
414200
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
1
MONTH2
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564700
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Prehistoric -1,000 000 to 43
Place
Ryton
Description
In addition to the flints from Site 14A, south of Clara Vale, Cocks found a number of possible worked stones, including a fine-grained sandstone 'whetstone or burnisher', a 'rubbing stone' and two 'hammerstones'.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
Among the lithic material from this site Cocks found a fine grained sandstone "whetstone or burnisher", "flat on one face and with rounded ends". 127 mm long. Listed no. 3 in his category "Objects of probable prehistoric origin".
Site Name
Ryton (Clara Vale), worked stones
Site Type: Specific
Whetstone
HER Number
564
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 564 >> Museum of Antiquities, Notebooks of W.A. Cocks
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 21 no. 9.2c
YEAR1
1992
YEAR2
1996
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
556
DAY1
23
DAY2
20
District
Gateshead
Easting
414200
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
1
MONTH2
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564700
General Period
UNCERTAIN
Specific Period
Uncertain
Place
Ryton
Description
In addition to the flints from Site 14A, south of Clara Vale, Cocks found close together three circular sandstone discs. Their dimensions: 89 mm diameter x 32 mm thick; 146 mm diameter x 29 mmm thick; and 203 mm diam x 32 mm thick. These are recorded in his notebook as 'sculptured stones'.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
In addition to the flints from Site 14 A, south of Clara Vale, Cocks found close together three circular sandstone discs. Their dimensions: 89 mm diam x 32 mm thick; 146 mmm diam x 29 mmm thick; 203 mm diam x 32 mm thick. These are recorded in his Notebook as "Sculptured Stones", nos. 6-8.
Site Name
Ryton (Clara Vale), stone discs
Site Type: Specific
Disc
HER Number
563
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 563 >> Museum of Antiquities, Notebooks of W.A. Cocks
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 21 no. 9.2b
YEAR1
1992
YEAR2
1996
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
COMP2
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
556
DAY1
22
DAY2
20
District
Gateshead
Easting
414200
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
MATERIAL
Flint
MONTH1
1
MONTH2
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564700
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Neolithic -4,000 to -2,200
Place
Ryton
Description
In addition to the flints from his Site 14A, south of Clara Vale, Cocks recovered what he interpreted as a part of a polished axe: "light grey flint irregularly broken fragment of polished celt, retaining about 0.5" of cutting edge".
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
From his Site 14 A, south of Clara Vale, the richest of his sites, Cocks recovered 112 flints. Among these was a "light grey flint irregularly broken fragment of polished celt, retaining about 0.5" of cutting edge. May be another fragment of 176. 0.75 x 5/8". No. 188. He also noted that it came from the "low side" of the site.
Site Name
Ryton (Clara Vale), polished axe
Site Type: Specific
Axe
HER Number
561
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 561 >> Museum of Antiquities, Notebooks of W.A. Cocks
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 21 no. 9.2f