Ryton (Clara Vale), worked stones

HER Number:
564

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Ryton (Clara Vale), worked stones

Place:
Ryton

Map Sheet:
NZ16SW

Class:
Tools and Equipment

Site Type: Broad:
Sharpening Equipment

Site Type: Specific:
Whetstone

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
In addition to the flints from Site 14A, south of Clara Vale, Cocks found a number of possible worked stones, including a fine-grained sandstone 'whetstone or burnisher', a 'rubbing stone' and two 'hammerstones'.

Easting:
142

Northing:
647

Grid Reference:
NZ142647

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 564 >> Museum of Antiquities, Notebooks of W.A. Cocks R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 21 no. 9.2c