Ryton (Clara Vale), polished axe

HER Number:
561

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Ryton (Clara Vale), 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:
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".

Easting:
142

Northing:
647

Grid Reference:
NZ142647

Lats/Lons:

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