Bronze Age standing stone with Bronze Age or Neolithic cup marks near Newtown Mill, Lilburn (Tillside)
(NU 04442396) Standing stone of red sandstone, 4-1/2 feet high, about 40 yards east of the road at Newton Mill. Deep weathered grooving on west side. (1)
NU 04312420 Stone 1.4m high, and roughly rectangular in cross-section, 0.6m x 0.5m.
It appears to have stood upon the site for a considerable length of time as there is considerable weathering with vertical fluting from the top on all sides. There are no apparent inscriptions. (2)
See photograph. (3)
Scheduled. (4)
NU 042 244. Standing stone at the foot of Ewe Hill, near Newtown Mill. Scheduled No ND/269. (5a)
NU 04312420 Stone 1.4m high, and roughly rectangular in cross-section, 0.6m x 0.5m.
It appears to have stood upon the site for a considerable length of time as there is considerable weathering with vertical fluting from the top on all sides. There are no apparent inscriptions. (2)
See photograph. (3)
Scheduled. (4)
NU 042 244. Standing stone at the foot of Ewe Hill, near Newtown Mill. Scheduled No ND/269. (5a)
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FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1955; A S Phillips
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1969; R W Emsley
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1969; R W Emsley
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