A complex cup-and-ring-marked boulder, Scale Knoll, Barningham Moor, Teesdale 1980-1997


A cup-and-ring-marked boulder, Scale Knoll, Barningham Moor


Illustration of a multiple cup-and-ring-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.

A carved sandstone rock, with cup and ring marks. The visible part measures 0.6 metres by 0.6 metres by 0.3 metres high. It is situated on Barningham Moor, in the modern sheep-grazing enclosure known as Scale Knoll Allotment. The carving consists of five cups, each with one ring, three of the cups with a groove descending from the cup. Recorded as part of The Northumberland and Durham Rock Art Project (NADRAP) 2005-2008 (6).