Cup-marked boulder, Eel Hill North, Barningham Moor, Teesdale (Barningham Moor)
Photograph of a cup-marked boulder, Eel Hill North, Barningham Moor 1980-1997
Illustration of a cup and groove-marked boulder, Eel Hill North, Barningham Moor 1980-1997
This sandstone boulder has a number of cup marks on it. These depressions may be natural but may also have been carved or enhanced 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).
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Early Neolithic (4000BC to 3300BC)
21st Century (2001 to 2100)
21st Century (2001 to 2100)
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