Photograph of 2 different cup-and-ring-marked sections on a boulder at Scale Knoll, Barningham Moor 1980-1997


Illustration of a cup-and-ring marked and cup-marked boulder, Scale Knoll, Barningham Moor 1980-1997

A boulder at this site has a number of prehistoric cup and ring marks carved onto it. These carvings were probably carved 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 carved sandstone rock, 0.6 metres by 0.42 metres by 0.5 metres. It is situated on Barningham Moor, in the modern sheep-grazing enclosure known as Scale Knoll Allotment. The rock is on the south east flank of the knoll, 790 metres west-south-west of Haythwaite. The rock is carved on its west vertical face, and the carving consists of four cups, one of which has two faint rings. Recorded as part of The Northumberland and Durham Rock Art Project (NADRAP) 2005-2008 (9).