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Cup and ring marked rock, 940m south-west of Wagtail Farm, is a prehistoric rock art panel located in Northumberland. The rock surface bears cup marks and ring marks, characteristic motifs of Bronze Age rock art found widely across northern Britain, typically dating between the third and second millennia before the present. Such carvings represent one of the earliest forms of monumental artistic expression in the British Isles, though their precise purpose and meaning remain subjects of scholarly debate. The site exemplifies the distribution of rock art across the Northumbrian landscape and contributes to understanding prehistoric ceremonial and territorial practices in the region.
Cup and ring marked rock, 940m south-west of Wagtail Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011289. View the official record →
Cup and ring marked rock, 940m south-west of Wagtail Farm, is a prehistoric rock art panel located in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011289.
Cup and ring marked rock, 940m south-west of Wagtail Farm 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 1011289.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn 320m WNW of Old Stell Crag (4.2 km), Bastle 150m south west of Morrelhirst (4.3 km), Simonside Cairn 670m west-north-west of Old Stell Crag (4.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cup and ring marked rock, 940m south-west of Wagtail Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Cup and ring marked rock, 940m south-west of Wagtail Farm stands on Border Group, bedrock that formed in the Meramecian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate argillaceous rocks and limestone.