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Cup-marked outcrop, The Rigg, Lartington, Teesdale (Lartington)

Photograph of a cup-marked outcrop, The Rigg, Lartington, Teesdale 1980-1997
Photograph of a cup-marked outcrop, The Rigg, Lartington, Teesdale 1980-1997
This sandstone boulder has a number of cup marks carved onto it. These carvings were probably carved in the Early Bronze Age or Neolithic periods. The purpose of these markings are not clear, although they may have had a religious function (1).
D61829
Late Neolithic (2900BC to 2200BC)
Bronze Age (2600BC to 700BC)
Scheduled Monument
  • National Heritage List for England Entry Number: 1018249


Source of Reference
Local History of Lartington

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