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Standing Stone (Matfen)

Ingoe standing stone.
Photograph by Harry Rowland.
Ingoe standing stone. Photograph by Harry Rowland.
(NZ 04347465) The Warrior Stone, Standing Stone. (1)

In a field south of Sandywayhead farmhouse, Ingoe, is a standing stone 6ft high, known locally as 'The Warrior Stone'. Marked as 'Stone' on OS 6 inch (sited NZ 04347465). (2)

A much weathered standing stone, 2m high and 0.5m square at the base, with four distinct cup marks on its east face. See photograph. (3)

Scheduled. (4)

NZ 043 746. Sandyway Heads standing stone. Scheduled No ND/133. (5a)

The Warrior StoneH00756NZ 044 747
Close to Sandyway Heads in a field sloping to the south, this standing stone has seven clear cup marks on one face and three small pecked cups. (5b)

A Bronze Age standing stone is visible as a structure on air photographs at NZ 0434 7465. (5c)
N10300
Neolithic (4000BC to 2200BC)
Bronze Age (2600BC to 700BC)
Scheduled Ancient Monument
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1968; D Smith
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION, English Heritage: Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, NMP 2008; English Heritage


Source of Reference
Local History of Matfen

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