Between four and six thousand years ago, during the Neolithic period, people carved cup and ring marks on stones. Between approximately three and four thousand years ago, in the Bronze Age, people buried their dead in a cist, possibly within a cairn. The cist was discovered at Lilburn Hill Farm in 1883. The cover of the cist was carved with cup and ring marks. The stone is now in the Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle upon Tyne. Some archaeologists think that the Bronze Age people re-used Neolithic carved stones. Others think the Bronze Age people carved the stones themselves. A similar burial has been found nearby.