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The Bronze Age cairnfield and cup and ring marked stone 550 metres north west of Middleton Dean is a prehistoric monument complex located in Northumberland, England. The site comprises a cairnfield characteristic of Bronze Age funerary and ritual landscape use, alongside a stone bearing cup and ring carvings, rock art forms that typify Neolithic and Bronze Age ceremonial or territorial marking practices in northern Britain. The cup and ring markings represent part of the wider tradition of portable and in situ rock art found across upland regions of northern England during this period. Together, the monuments demonstrate the longstanding ritual significance of this upland locality from the Neolithic onwards and reflect patterns of Bronze Age settlement and land use in the region.
Bronze Age cairnfield and cup and ring marked stone 550m north west of Middleton Dean is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015640. View the official record →
The Bronze Age cairnfield and cup and ring marked stone 550 metres north west of Middleton Dean is a prehistoric monument complex located in Northumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015640.
Bronze Age cairnfield and cup and ring marked stone 550m north west of Middleton Dean is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1015640.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ingram Farm: prehistoric to post-medieval settlement, agricultural and funerary remains (7.2 km), Alnamsheles medieval settlement, 600m west of Alnhammoor (7.4 km), Univallate hillfort, Romano-British enclosed settlement and medieval farmstead, 224m north west of Chesters (7.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bronze Age cairnfield and cup and ring marked stone 550m north west of Middleton Dean's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bronze Age cairnfield and cup and ring marked stone 550m north west of Middleton Dean stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.