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Cup and ring marked rocks on Wandylaw Moor is a Bronze Age rock art site located approximately one kilometre west of Wandylaw in Northumberland. The monuments comprise natural rock outcrops bearing cup marks and ring marks, a form of prehistoric rock carving commonly found across northern Britain and dating to the Bronze Age period. Such markings represent some of the earliest monumental art in the British Isles, though their precise ceremonial or practical purpose remains subject to archaeological interpretation. The site contributes to our understanding of Bronze Age artistic expression and the ritual or social significance of the landscape in prehistoric Northumberland.
Cup and ring marked rocks on Wandylaw Moor, 1km west of Wandylaw is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006560. View the official record →
Cup and ring marked rocks on Wandylaw Moor is a Bronze Age rock art site located approximately one kilometre west of Wandylaw in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006560.
Cup and ring marked rocks on Wandylaw Moor, 1km west of Wandylaw 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 1006560.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval farmstead, 500m ENE of Titlington Mount (9.2 km), Defended settlement, 100m north west of Chester Cottage (9.3 km), Hulne Priory (9.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cup and ring marked rocks on Wandylaw Moor, 1km west of Wandylaw'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 rocks on Wandylaw Moor, 1km west of Wandylaw stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, argillaceous rocks and subordinate sandstone, interbedded.