Ryton (Clara Vale), stone discs

HER Number:
563

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Ryton (Clara Vale), stone discs

Place:
Ryton

Map Sheet:
NZ16SW

Class:
Unassigned

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Disc

General Period:
Unknown

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
In addition to the flints from Site 14A, south of Clara Vale, Cocks found close together three circular sandstone discs. Their dimensions: 89 mm diameter x 32 mm thick; 146 mm diameter x 29 mmm thick; and 203 mm diam x 32 mm thick. These are recorded in his notebook as 'sculptured stones'.

Easting:
142

Northing:
647

Grid Reference:
NZ142647

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 563 >> Museum of Antiquities, Notebooks of W.A. Cocks R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 21 no. 9.2b