Ryton (Bar Moor), polished axe

HER Number:
548

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Ryton (Bar Moor), polished axe

Place:
Ryton

Map Sheet:
NZ16SW

Class:
Tools and Equipment

Site Type: Broad:
Cutting Equipment

Site Type: Specific:
Axe

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:
Neolithic

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Cocks recovered from his Site 11, south of Bar Moor, a polished flint axe, 2.25 inches x 1.5 inches, described as a "calcined white flint celt much flaked by fire…(with) a small area of polished surface".

Easting:
146

Northing:
636

Grid Reference:
NZ146636

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 548 >> Museum of Antiquities, Notebooks of W.A. Cocks R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 20 no. 7.6