Cup- and groove-marked boulder, Osmaril Gill, Barningham Moor, Teesdale (Barningham Moor)
8 cup-markings on a boulder, Osmaril Gill, Barningham Moor, Teesdale 1980-1997
Illustration of a cup-and-groove-marked boulder, Osmaril Gill, Barningham Moor 1980-1997
This sandstone boulder has a number of cup marks carved onto it. These carvings were probably created in the Early Bronze Age or Neolithic periods. The purpose of these markings are not clear, although they may have had a religious function. This is a Scheduled Monument, protected by law (1).
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Early Neolithic (4000BC to 3300BC)
21st Century (2001 to 2100)
21st Century (2001 to 2100)
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