Cup-marked boulder, Wash Beck, Barningham Moor, Teesdale (Barningham Moor)
Cup-marked boulder, Wash Beck, Barningham Moor, Teesdale 1980-1997
View of the cup-marked boulder after rainfall, Wash Beck, Barningham Moor 1980-1997
30 cup-marks on boulder, Wash Beck, Barningham Moor 1980-1997
Illustration of a cup-marked boulder, Wash Beck, Barningham Moor 1980-1997
Many cup marks are carved onto this flat stone on the south bank of a small stream. These carvings were probably created in the Early Bronze Age or Late Neolithic. The purpose of these carvings is not clear though they may have had a religious function. This is a Scheduled Monument protected by law (1).
A cup marked rock situated on Barningham Moor, in the area known as Washbeck Green. The rock art decorates a flat slab which is roughly triangular in form, 1.2 metres north to south by 1.27 metres transversely, and 0.35 metres thick. Its upper surface is decorated with approximately 35 cup marks (8).
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RCHME: Durham SAMs Project 1991; Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England
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