Ryton Ferry, flint scraper

HER Number:
513

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Ryton Ferry, flint scraper

Place:
Ryton

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Tools and Equipment

Site Type: Broad:
Smoothing Equipment

Site Type: Specific:
Scraper

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
A flint scraper was found in 1931 near Ryton Ferry, presumably on the south side of the Tyne.

Easting:
151

Northing:
651

Grid Reference:
NZ151651

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 513 >> H. Preston 1932, Worked Flint Flakes etc. The Vasculum, XVIII, no. 1, p. 38 R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 17 no. 15