Ryton, bronze socketed axe
Ryton, bronze socketed axe
HER Number
4607
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Ryton, bronze socketed axe
Place
Ryton
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Socketed Axehead
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Bronze Age -2,600 to -700
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
A bronze socketed axe, 78 metres long, of middle or late Bronze Age date was found by a resident of Crawcrook in Ryton. It was inspected at the Museum of Antiquities in Newcastle.
Easting
414100
Northing
563400
Grid Reference
NZ414100563400
Sources
<< HER 4607 >> Pers. Comm. L. Allason-Jones, 1996, Museum of Antiquities