Boulder found NE of Lordenshaw multivallate hillfort on Garleigh Moor, S of Rothbury, Northumberland.
Referenced ‘East Lordenshaw 4r’ on the Beckensall Archive (BA), this carving was added to ERA by NADRAP in 2008. The team describe:
“An erect boulder, one of three in close alignment (East Lordenshaw p, q and r) …Two shallow, flat cups, on higher part of this erected stone. A large natural groove, eroded bedding plane, cuts through the upper ridge of rock, level with cups which are effectively on the shoulder of this panel.”
Historic England listing: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1017196
ERA & BA info: https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/era/section/panel/overview.jsf?eraId=1271
Model created from 5 stereo pairs captured by Joe Gibson of NADRAP Team 3 in October 2005. The imagery forms part of the full NADRAP archive deposited with Historic England & Northumberland CC.
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