Cup-and ring-marked boulder, east of Osmaril Gill, Barningham Moor, Teesdale (Barningham Moor)
Cup-marked boulder, Eastern enclosure site, Barningham Moor 1980-1997
Multiple cups and cup-and-ring-marked boulder, Eastern enclosure site, Barningham Moor 1980-1997
This sandstone boulder has a number of prehistoric cup marks and a cup and ring mark on 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).
D63054
Early Neolithic (4000BC to 3300BC)
21st Century (2001 to 2100)
21st Century (2001 to 2100)
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