Ryton Ferry, River Tyne, beehive quern

HER Number:
589

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Ryton Ferry, River Tyne, beehive quern

Place:
Ryton

Map Sheet:
NZ16NW

Class:
Tools and Equipment

Site Type: Broad:
Grinding Equipment

Site Type: Specific:
Beehive Quern

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:
Iron Age

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
In the summer of 1939 the fine top stone of a beehive quern was recovered from the bed of the Tyne a little above the Ferry House at Ryton, and became part of the Cocks Collection.

Easting:
1486

Northing:
6510

Grid Reference:
NZ14866510

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 589 >> Museum of Antiquities, Notebooks of W.A. Cocks W.A. Cocks, 1947, A Cup-Marked Stone at Ryton, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, X (for 1942-46), pp. 87-8