Ryton (Bar Moor), hammer or macehead

Tyne and Wear HER(536): Ryton (Bar Moor), hammer or macehead - Details

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HER Number:
536

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Ryton (Bar Moor), hammer or macehead

Place:
Ryton

Map Sheet:
NZ16SW

Class:
Tools and Equipment

Site Type: Broad:
Striking Equipment

Site Type: Specific:
Hammer

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
In his Site 7, south of Bar Moor, Cocks found, in May 1945, a "Hammer or mace head with unfinished perforation on both sides", measuring 4 inches x 2.75 inches.

Easting:
145

Northing:
635

Grid Reference:
NZ145635

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 536 >> Museum of Antiquities, Notebooks of W.A. Cocks R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 20 no. 7.1

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