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

Illustration of a complex cup-and-ring-marked and grooved boulder,  Barningham Moor 1980-1997
Illustration of a complex cup-and-ring-marked and grooved boulder, 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 on the east side of The Stang boundary wall and west of Woodclose Gill on Barningham Moor. The rock is large and rectangular and partly buried under turf. The exposed area measures approximately 2m by 0.8m and has 15 cup marks and two rectangular grooves carved on its surface. Recorded as part of The Northumberland and Durham Rock Art Project (NADRAP) 2005-2008 (4).

D5619
Later Prehistoric (4000BC to 43AD)
Neolithic (4000BC to 2200BC)
Early Neolithic (4000BC to 3300BC)
Bronze Age (2600BC to 700BC)
Scheduled Monument
  • National Heritage List for England Entry Number: 1017417


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