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Cup and ring marked rocks 1/4 mile northeast of Buttony Wood, Horton Moor is a Bronze Age rock art site located in Northumberland. The monument consists of natural rock surfaces decorated with cupmarks and ring carvings, a form of prehistoric rock art commonly found across northern Britain and dating to the Bronze Age period. Such cup and ring marked rocks are thought to have held ritual or ceremonial significance for prehistoric communities, though their precise purpose remains uncertain. The site contributes to the wider distribution of Bronze Age rock art across the Northumberland landscape and provides evidence for the artistic and possibly spiritual practices of early metal-working societies in this region.
Cup and ring marked rocks 1/4 mile (400m) NE of Buttony Wood, Horton Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006532. View the official record →
Cup and ring marked rocks 1/4 mile northeast of Buttony Wood, Horton Moor is a Bronze Age rock art site located in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006532.
Cup and ring marked rocks 1/4 mile (400m) NE of Buttony Wood, Horton Moor 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 1006532.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two Bronze Age round cairns and enclosed cremation cemetery 825m north west of Middleton Dean (9.3 km), Bronze Age cairnfield and cup and ring marked stone 550m north west of Middleton Dean (9.6 km), Unenclosed hut circle settlement and field plots east of Rackside, 450m south west of Cowboy's Cairn (9.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cup and ring marked rocks 1/4 mile (400m) NE of Buttony Wood, Horton Moor's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Cup and ring marked rocks 1/4 mile (400m) NE of Buttony Wood, Horton Moor stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, argillaceous rocks and subordinate sandstone, interbedded.