Cup and ring marked rock at Weetwood Bank (Tillside)
Cup marked rock at Weetwood Bank. Photo by Harry Rowland.
A large outcrop of stone at this site has a number of cup and ring marks carved on it. At least 13 individual carvings can be seen on it. These carvings were probably made in the early Bronze Age or late Neolithic. The purpose of these names is not clear though they may have had a religious function. This is a Scheduled Monument protected by law.
N3310
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1955; A S Phillips
FIELD SURVEY, West Weetwood Moor, Wooler. Archaeological Survey 1994; TYNE AND WEAR MUSEUMS
FIELD SURVEY, West Weetwood Moor, Wooler. Archaeological Survey 1994; TYNE AND WEAR MUSEUMS
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