Clara Vale, roughout axe

HER Number:
586

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Clara Vale, roughout axe

Place:
Clara Vale

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:
A flint axe, possibly a roughout, was found in 1917 about 50 yards west of a cist burial (HER no. 518), and in 1959 was noted by the Ordnance Survey as being in the possession of Mrs. Wheatley of Ash Tree Farm, Chopwell.

Easting:
1298

Northing:
6461

Grid Reference:
NZ12986461

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 586 >> Museum of Antiquities, Notebooks of W.A. Cocks W.A. Cocks, 1935, The Ryton 'Cup and Ring' marked Rock, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, VI (for 1933-34), p. 354 Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, E.C. Waight, 1959, Stone celt found 1917 R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, pp. 20-21, and 22 fig. 4 no. 8