Ryton (Clara Vale), polished axe

HER Number:
576

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 flints Cocks recovered from his Site 14 B south of Clara Vale a fragment of a polished axe: "light grey flint triangular fragment of polished celt with 2 broken edges & 1 ground edge. Slightly calcined." Measuring 35 mm x 28 mm x 25 mm.

Easting:
1425

Northing:
6435

Grid Reference:
NZ14256435

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 576 >> Museum of Antiquities, Notebooks of W.A. Cocks R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, pp. 21, and 22 fig. 4, no. 9.3c