Ryton (Bar Moor), hammer or macehead
Ryton (Bar Moor), hammer or macehead
HER Number
536
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Ryton (Bar Moor), hammer or macehead
Place
Ryton
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Hammer
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Later Prehistoric -4,000 to 43
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
In his Site 7, south of Bar Moor, Cocks found, in May 1945, a "Hammer or mace head with unfinished perforation on both sides", measuring 4 inches x 2.75 inches.
Easting
414500
Northing
563500
Grid Reference
NZ414500563500
Sources
<< HER 536 >> Museum of Antiquities, Notebooks of W.A. Cocks
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 20 no. 7.1
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 20 no. 7.1