Cup and ring marked stone (Cheviotside)
NU 992227. A single cup and ring mark on an isolated block of sandstone on South Middleton Moor c.250 yards north of the beginning of the moor road to Threestoneburn Farmhouse on a bracken covered brae facing east. Found by Mr Anderson, shepherd, Middleton Dene. (1)
Situated in heather on a gentle south-east slope, near the crest of a ridge, a single, much weathered cup and ring mark on a block of sandstone of size 0.6 x 0.5 x 0.2m. Site was indicated to investigator by Mr Anderson, who found the stone as stated, at NT 99012252. (2)
NT 98992252. The mark is a shallow weathered basin with raised lip (see photograph), and a doubtful cup and ring. Surveyed at 6 inch scale. (3)
Scheduled. (4)
The area surrounding the rock has been fenced and cultivated and recent(?) ploughing has made a mark right across it. Three rock marks are now visible. The first lies on the upper surface and consists of a cup with a definite but shallow single ring. The second, on the eastern side of the rock, is a smaller cup but with two rings. The third, on the south side, consists only of several small peck marks, one of which has been made into a smooth round miniature cup. There are two deep plough scratches across the rock. The first is old and, if it were not right across the surface, could be mistaken for a radial groove. The second is recent and has not damaged any of the rock marks. This rock does not lie at the edge of the cairnfield in which it lies, as is sometimes seen. The two are probably not contemporaneous. (5)
Situated in heather on a gentle south-east slope, near the crest of a ridge, a single, much weathered cup and ring mark on a block of sandstone of size 0.6 x 0.5 x 0.2m. Site was indicated to investigator by Mr Anderson, who found the stone as stated, at NT 99012252. (2)
NT 98992252. The mark is a shallow weathered basin with raised lip (see photograph), and a doubtful cup and ring. Surveyed at 6 inch scale. (3)
Scheduled. (4)
The area surrounding the rock has been fenced and cultivated and recent(?) ploughing has made a mark right across it. Three rock marks are now visible. The first lies on the upper surface and consists of a cup with a definite but shallow single ring. The second, on the eastern side of the rock, is a smaller cup but with two rings. The third, on the south side, consists only of several small peck marks, one of which has been made into a smooth round miniature cup. There are two deep plough scratches across the rock. The first is old and, if it were not right across the surface, could be mistaken for a radial groove. The second is recent and has not damaged any of the rock marks. This rock does not lie at the edge of the cairnfield in which it lies, as is sometimes seen. The two are probably not contemporaneous. (5)
N1752
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1955; A S Phillips
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1969; B H Pritchard
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1969; B H Pritchard
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