Relocated from Doddington Moor. Reused as a cyst cover in the Bronze Age marks facing down.
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Relocated from West Liburn carved with a bronze tool.
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A cup and ring marked slab later reused as a cyst cover (marks facing down) inside the museum.
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Different view of same stone.
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Stone outside the Great North Museum.
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Image credit: A. Brookes (14.10.2019)
Image credit: A. Brookes (14.10.2019)
Image credit: A. Brookes (14.10.2019)
Image credit: A. Brookes (14.10.2019)
Image credit: A. Brookes (14.10.2019)
Long exposure at night, side lit by a hand-held torch.
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A visit to the Great North (Hancock) Museum to see the cup and ring marked stones (and lots of other prehistoric stuff).
Local buses stop across the road and the Haymarket Metro Station is a short easy walk. There are little signs on the lampposts directing you. If you must drive into the city there is parking nearby.
A large cup and ring marked boulder sits proudly outside the entrance on a lawn with benches. This was found durning water main replacement work at Birney Hill (near Darras Hall NW Newcastle). It’s a well marked stone with mostly cups and a few rings.
In the museum head right from main doors and you will find “ Ice Age to Iron Age” exhibit. Several portable cup and ring marked stones and cyst covers from all over Northumberland and some information about possible carving methods.
Lots of other exhibits from the area from querm stones to microliths.
Well worth a visit if you are in the area, lots else to see for all the family, and a free to use reference library. It has a website so all you need to know will be on there most likely.
Easy to find, relocated rock art. A 3-ton carved boulder found a few miles away at Birney Hill, Ponteland, in 2015.
The stone now rests on display, outdoors next to the Great North Museum (previously The Hancock Museum) on Claremont Road.
Sites within 20km of Birney Hill (relocated)
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Dewley Hill Round Barrow
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Birney Hill
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North Lodge Cropmark Complex
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Worm Hill
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Tynemouth Castle
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Heavy Gate
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Penshaw Hill
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Old Hartley
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Hasting Hill
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Prudhoe Castle
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Hasting Hill Cursus
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Waldridge Fell Barrow Round Barrows
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Humbledon Hill
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Tunstall Hills
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Copt Hill
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Warden Law Round Barrows