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Cup-and-ring-marked boulder, Osmaril Gill, Barningham Moor, Teesdale (Barningham Moor)

Cup and 4 concentric ring-markings on a boulder, Osmaril Gill, Barningham Moor 1980-1997
Cup and 4 concentric ring-markings on a boulder, Osmaril Gill, Barningham Moor 1980-1997

Cup-and-ring-marked boulder, Osmaril Gill, Barningham Moor 1980-1997
Cup-and-ring-marked boulder, Osmaril Gill, Barningham Moor 1980-1997

Multiple ring-marked boulder, Osmaril Gill, Barningham Moor 1980-1997
Multiple ring-marked boulder, Osmaril Gill, Barningham Moor 1980-1997

Illustration of a cup-and-ring-marked boulder, Osmaril Gill, Barningham Moor 1980-1997
Illustration of a cup-and-ring-marked boulder, Osmaril Gill, Barningham Moor 1980-1997
This large stone slab has a large cup and ring mark on it. This carving was probably created in the Early Bronze Age or Late Neolithic. The purpose of these carvings is not clear. This is a Scheduled Monument protected by law (1).

Bronze Age cup and ring marked rock (in situ). The carving consists of a cup mark surrounded by two concentric rings, which are enclosed by an overlapping spiral creating the outermost ring (9).

D1004
Early Neolithic (4000BC to 3300BC)
Bronze Age (2600BC to 700BC)
21st Century (2001 to 2100)
Scheduled Monument
  • National Heritage List for England Entry Number: 1017441
RCHME: Durham SAMs Project 1991; Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England


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