Tod Crag cup and ring marked stone (Elsdon)
(Area NY 972891) On the north edge of the plateau known as Tod Crag there is a cup and ring marked rock behind which lies a possible burial mound. Five other mounds lie to the south and south east, but it is impossible to say whether or not they are barrows. (1)
The rock is at NY 97208912 and bears six well-defined cup and ring markings, and numerous single cups (See photograph). To the immediate south, is a small mound which is evidently the 'possible Burial Mound' but appears to be entirely natural. The other mounds noted are centred NY 971890. They consist of turf-covered heaps of earth and stones varying from 3m to 6m in diameter, and 0.3m to 0.5m in height, and are probably clearance heaps. (2)
Condition of cup and ring rock unchanged. Re-afforestation of the area south and east appears to have destroyed the other features. (3)
As described in reports of 30.5.57 and 28.7.68 but situated at NY 97208913. Surveyed at 1:10,000. (4)
NY 97208913. Tod Crag, Ottercops, cups and rings. Double rings around cups. (5)(6)
Tod Crag (H00761) NY 97208913. Large outcrop at end of plantation. Has motifs which may have been carved at different times. (7)
Scheduled. (8)
NY 9720 8913. Cup and ring marked rock on Tod Crag. Scheduled RSM No 25037. A series of cup and ring marks situated on a natural shelf of sandstone on the N edge of Tod Crag. The visible part of the outcrop, which measures 3m by 1.5m, bears a scatter of at least 23 cup marks. These vary in size but are on average 7cm-8cm in diameter with the largest 12cm and the smallest 3cm. At least six of the cups re surrounded by double rings; thesese cups with rings form an outer rc to the apparently random pattern of carvings. Two other cups are surrounded by single rings and three of those surrounded by rings also have narrow ducts running from their centre. Further carvings may exist on the surface of the outcrop which is still covered by vegetation. The site of the round cairn S of the rock is much disturbed and is not included in the Scheduling. (9b)
Tod Crag, Ottercops MossH00761NY 97208913
The outcrop has a flat surface. Whoever made the motifs had a great liking for arcs and semi-circles, for the cup and ring motifs are arranged accordingly. There are many large cups, mostly contined withing this arc; there is a group outside. Some have faint rings; whether they are earlier or eroded is speculative. Six sets of cups and two rings are deeply made, and the arc that they form is completed by two two cups with faint rings at the other end of the arc. Fout motifs are made up of two concentric circles around a cup. A fifth has a gap and an extension in the shape of a cup surrounded by an arc that meets the outer circle. At the opposite end a ring around a cup has a concentric penannular that meets the outer circle of the adjacent cup and two rings on its outer circle and is open at the other. The arc ends with a faint cup and ring. Inside the arc are 16 cups, one with a ring, that vary in depth but are generally wide. (9a)
The rock is at NY 97208912 and bears six well-defined cup and ring markings, and numerous single cups (See photograph). To the immediate south, is a small mound which is evidently the 'possible Burial Mound' but appears to be entirely natural. The other mounds noted are centred NY 971890. They consist of turf-covered heaps of earth and stones varying from 3m to 6m in diameter, and 0.3m to 0.5m in height, and are probably clearance heaps. (2)
Condition of cup and ring rock unchanged. Re-afforestation of the area south and east appears to have destroyed the other features. (3)
As described in reports of 30.5.57 and 28.7.68 but situated at NY 97208913. Surveyed at 1:10,000. (4)
NY 97208913. Tod Crag, Ottercops, cups and rings. Double rings around cups. (5)(6)
Tod Crag (H00761) NY 97208913. Large outcrop at end of plantation. Has motifs which may have been carved at different times. (7)
Scheduled. (8)
NY 9720 8913. Cup and ring marked rock on Tod Crag. Scheduled RSM No 25037. A series of cup and ring marks situated on a natural shelf of sandstone on the N edge of Tod Crag. The visible part of the outcrop, which measures 3m by 1.5m, bears a scatter of at least 23 cup marks. These vary in size but are on average 7cm-8cm in diameter with the largest 12cm and the smallest 3cm. At least six of the cups re surrounded by double rings; thesese cups with rings form an outer rc to the apparently random pattern of carvings. Two other cups are surrounded by single rings and three of those surrounded by rings also have narrow ducts running from their centre. Further carvings may exist on the surface of the outcrop which is still covered by vegetation. The site of the round cairn S of the rock is much disturbed and is not included in the Scheduling. (9b)
Tod Crag, Ottercops MossH00761NY 97208913
The outcrop has a flat surface. Whoever made the motifs had a great liking for arcs and semi-circles, for the cup and ring motifs are arranged accordingly. There are many large cups, mostly contined withing this arc; there is a group outside. Some have faint rings; whether they are earlier or eroded is speculative. Six sets of cups and two rings are deeply made, and the arc that they form is completed by two two cups with faint rings at the other end of the arc. Fout motifs are made up of two concentric circles around a cup. A fifth has a gap and an extension in the shape of a cup surrounded by an arc that meets the outer circle. At the opposite end a ring around a cup has a concentric penannular that meets the outer circle of the adjacent cup and two rings on its outer circle and is open at the other. The arc ends with a faint cup and ring. Inside the arc are 16 cups, one with a ring, that vary in depth but are generally wide. (9a)
N9408
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1957; A S Phillips
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1968; R W Emsley
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1977; S Ainsworth
FIELD SURVEY, HARTINGTON MOOR, WALLINGTON HALL ESTATE 1996; P J Fowler and K D Strutt
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1968; R W Emsley
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1977; S Ainsworth
FIELD SURVEY, HARTINGTON MOOR, WALLINGTON HALL ESTATE 1996; P J Fowler and K D Strutt
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