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Cup and ring marked rock, SW of Wagtail Farm


Scheduled Monument (#1011289): Cup and ring marked rock, 940m south-west of Wagtail Farm

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All positively identified prehistoric rock art sites exhibiting a significant group of designs will normally be identified as nationally important.....This is a good example of a rock exhibiting a series of cupmarks.

The monument includes a cup and ring marked rock of Late Neolithic/Bronze Age date, situated above a small stream which drains into the Whitton Burn. The exposed bedrock, which lies in a horizontal position, measures 1m by 1.5m and displays 11 carved depressions or cupmarks. The marks form three horizontal lines of two, three and six cups respectively. The cupmarks are of variable size but in general measure between 7cm and 15cm. One of the cupmarks clearly has a groove or a ring around it 5cm across. All of the marks were made by picking at the rock with a hard tool of stone or metal.

Rothbury Civil Parish Prehistoric Rock Art Historic Buildings and Monuments in Rothbury Scheduled Monuments in Northumberland
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Prehistoric Cup & Ring marked rock south of Whittondean
- The carved stone is known by the name Whitton Burn 2a. Photo by Andrew Curtis, 30 September, 2005, Geograph, CC-BY-Sa 2.0
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Whitton Burn 2a (ERA ID: 1233)
- This is an almost square panel of stone lying flush with the ground. It is unknown for certain if this is a boulder or quarried stone as only the uppermost …
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Peter Smith

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List number: 1011289
County: Northumberland
Grid ref: NU0656500145

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