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Cup and ring marked rock and adjacent stone setting, 820m east of Whittondean Farm, is a Bronze Age or later prehistoric monument comprising a bedrock outcrop decorated with cup and ring motifs typical of later Neolithic and Bronze Age rock art traditions in northern Britain. The carved depressions and concentric rings incised into the stone surface represent significant evidence of ritual or symbolic activity in the Northumberland landscape during the prehistoric period. The associated stone setting indicates that the marked rock held particular significance within its contemporary settlement or ceremonial context, suggesting deliberate arrangement of stones in proximity to the carved outcrop. Such cup and ring marked rocks are comparatively common in upland areas of northern England and Scotland, though their precise ritual or domestic functions remain subjects of archaeological interpretation.
Cup and ring marked rock and adjacent stone setting, 820m east of Whittondean Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011293. View the official record →
Cup and ring marked rock and adjacent stone setting, 820m east of Whittondean Farm, is a Bronze Age or later prehistoric monument comprising a bedrock outcrop decorated with cup and ring motifs typical of later Neolithic and Bronze Age rock art traditions in northern Britain. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011293.
Cup and ring marked rock and adjacent stone setting, 820m east of Whittondean 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 1011293.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn 320m WNW of Old Stell Crag (3.9 km), Simonside Cairn 670m west-north-west of Old Stell Crag (4.1 km), Bastle 150m south west of Morrelhirst (4.2 km).
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