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Cup and ring marked rock and adjacent stone setting, 820m east of Whittondean Farm is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age ceremonial or ritual monument located in Northumberland. The site comprises a natural rock surface decorated with cup and ring carvings, a form of rock art characteristic of northern Britain during the prehistoric period, alongside an adjacent arrangement of stones. Cup and ring markings typically consist of cupules surrounded by concentric circular grooves pecked into the stone surface, though the precise function of such sites remains subject to archaeological debate. The monument exemplifies the ritual landscape created by prehistoric communities in upland areas of northern England and represents an important record of Neolithic and Bronze Age artistic and cultural practices.
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 Neolithic or Early Bronze Age ceremonial or ritual monument located in Northumberland. 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cup and ring marked rock and adjacent stone setting, 820m east of Whittondean Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Cup and ring marked rock and adjacent stone setting, 820m east of Whittondean Farm stands on Border Group, bedrock that formed in the Meramecian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate argillaceous rocks and limestone.