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Cup and ring marked rock 430m north of Morwick Hall

England
List entry 1014482
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1014482
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
NU 23307 04412
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cup and ring marked rock 430m north of Morwick Hall is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age rock art site located in Northumberland. The monument consists of a natural rock surface carved with cupmarks and concentric ring patterns, forms of prehistoric artistic expression characteristic of the 4th to 2nd millennia BC in northern Britain. Such rock art panels, though their precise ritual or domestic function remains debated among scholars, represent an important record of symbolic practice and territorial marking during prehistoric periods. The site's preservation and designation reflect its archaeological significance as evidence of early artistic tradition in the region.

Cup and ring marked rock 430m north of Morwick Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014482. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Cup and ring marked rock 430m north of Morwick Hall?

Cup and ring marked rock 430m north of Morwick Hall is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age rock art site located in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014482.

Who is responsible for protecting Cup and ring marked rock 430m north of Morwick Hall?

Cup and ring marked rock 430m north of Morwick Hall 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 1014482.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cup and ring marked rock 430m north of Morwick Hall?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Mary Magdalene's medieval chapel and associated earthworks, 90m north of Mauldin (1.7 km), Warkworth Castle hermitage (1.8 km), Warkworth Castle motte and bailey castle, tower keep castle and collegiate church (1.9 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
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Domesday
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Civil War
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Geology
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LiDAR
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

St Mary Magdalene's medieval chapel and associated earthworks, 90m north of Mauldin
1.7 km
Warkworth Castle hermitage
1.8 km
Warkworth Castle motte and bailey castle, tower keep castle and collegiate church
1.9 km
Warkworth Bridge and defensive gateway
2.4 km
Guyzance (or Brainshaugh) Chapel near Acklington
2.8 km
Low Buston medieval settlement, 231m south east of Low Buston Hall
2.9 km
Felton Old Bridge
6.3 km
Eshott Castle fortified house
6.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cup and ring marked rock 430m north of Morwick Hall

Cup and ring marked rock 430m north of Morwick Hall stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

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