Boulder on private farmland south of Fontburn Reservoir, 5 miles south of Rothbury, Northumberland.
Thought to be a new find during NADRAP surveys, this carving was added to ERA in 2008 as ‘Fontburn N02’. NADRAP Team 3 describe:
“A small flat earthfast boulder amid a collection of stones construed as cairn residue. Four other similar mounds of stones were observed within 50 m and others beyond.
Two cups, one large deep cup near leading edge and another smaller shallow cup, with a possible duct or channel, adjacent (0.05 m). They occupy the central visible surface. Both clearly marked on the panel. The stone may be the remnants of a larger panel.”
ERA info: https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/era/section/panel/overview.jsf?eraId=1363
Model created from 5 stereo pairs captured by Joe Gibson of NADRAP Team 3 in June 2006. The imagery forms part of the full NADRAP archive deposited with Historic England & Northumberland County Council.
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