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Cup-marked boulder, North of Eel Hill, Barningham Moor, Teesdale (Barningham Moor)

Photograph of multiple cup-markings on a boulder, North of Eel Hill, Barningham Moor 1980-1997
Photograph of multiple cup-markings on a boulder, North of Eel Hill, Barningham Moor 1980-1997

Illustration of a multiple cup-marked boulder, North of Eel Hill, Barningham Moor 1980-1997
Illustration of a multiple cup-marked boulder, North of Eel Hill, Barningham Moor 1980-1997
This sandstone boulder has a number of prehistoric cup and ring marks carved onto it. These depressions may be natural but 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).
D62161
Early Neolithic (4000BC to 3300BC)
21st Century (2001 to 2100)
Uncertain
Scheduled Monument
  • National Heritage List for England Entry Number: 1017439


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