Cup and ring marked rock at Weetwood Bank (Tillside)
Cup marked rock at Weetwood Bank. Photo by Harry Rowland.
(NU 01032803) Cup and Ring Marks Sculptured Rock. (1)
A rock facing south with a number of cup-and-ring markings in good preservation, though the rock seems to have been tampered with. Thirteen figures are traceable. (2)(3)
Living rock with 13 cup-and-ring markings well cut. One cup appears to have been re-cut. The larger figures consist of cups with four concentric rings of diameter 0.4m. (4)
Published survey (25 inch) correct. See photograph. (5)
NU 01032803. Coldmartin, outcrop with cups and rings. Discovered in 1860. (6)
(H00514) Coldmartin. NU 01032803. (7)
Cup and ring marked site. Currently stable but with heather encroachment. An outcrop rock, c.3m square facing south with a number of cup and ring markings in good to poor preservation: 13 figures are traceable. One cup within three rings appears to have been recut and deepened. The larger figures consist of cups with four concentric rings of diameter 0.4m. The outcrop was first reported in 1860. (8)
NU 011 280. Cup and ring marked rock at Weetwood (or Whitsun) Bank. Scheduled No ND/155. (9a)
A rock facing south with a number of cup-and-ring markings in good preservation, though the rock seems to have been tampered with. Thirteen figures are traceable. (2)(3)
Living rock with 13 cup-and-ring markings well cut. One cup appears to have been re-cut. The larger figures consist of cups with four concentric rings of diameter 0.4m. (4)
Published survey (25 inch) correct. See photograph. (5)
NU 01032803. Coldmartin, outcrop with cups and rings. Discovered in 1860. (6)
(H00514) Coldmartin. NU 01032803. (7)
Cup and ring marked site. Currently stable but with heather encroachment. An outcrop rock, c.3m square facing south with a number of cup and ring markings in good to poor preservation: 13 figures are traceable. One cup within three rings appears to have been recut and deepened. The larger figures consist of cups with four concentric rings of diameter 0.4m. The outcrop was first reported in 1860. (8)
NU 011 280. Cup and ring marked rock at Weetwood (or Whitsun) Bank. Scheduled No ND/155. (9a)
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FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1955; A S Phillips
FIELD SURVEY, West Weetwood Moor 1994; TYNE AND WEAR MUSEUMS
FIELD SURVEY, West Weetwood Moor 1994; TYNE AND WEAR MUSEUMS
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