Ryton (Clara Vale), Cocks Site 14
Ryton (Clara Vale), Cocks Site 14
HER Number
551
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Ryton (Clara Vale), Cocks Site 14
Place
Ryton
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Artefact Scatter
Site Type: Specific
Flint Scatter
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Bronze Age -2,600 to -700
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
On his Site 14, south of Clara Vale, Cocks found 67 assorted flints, amongst which he identified 20 scrapers of various shapes and sizes, 6 cores, 6 flakes or strike-a-lights, 3 blades, 3 borers, 7 flakes, a grey flint barbed and tanged arrow point, a mottled grey flint knife and a single chip.
Easting
414000
Northing
564600
Grid Reference
NZ414000564600
Sources
<< HER 551 >> Museum of Antiquities, Notebooks of W.A. Cocks
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 21 no. 9.1
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 21 no. 9.1