Photograph, with scale, of a cup-and-ring-marked boulder, Osmaril Gill, Barningham Moor 1980-1997


Photograph of a wet cup-and-ring-marked panel, Osmaril Gill, Barningham Moor 1980-1997


Photograph of a cup-and-ring-marked 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 grooves and cup marks on it. These carvings were probably created in the Early Bronze Age or Neolithic periods. The purpose of these markings is not clear, although they may have had a religious function (1). This is a Scheduled Monument protected by law.