Prehistoric carved boulder on private farmland near Howgill Grange to the west of Hunderthwaite, County Durham.
Found in the 1940’s, this stone went to ground until Paul Brown rediscovery in 1996. Referenced 1 in Stan Beckensall and Tim Laurie’s 1998 publication ‘Prehistoric Rock of County Durham, Swaledale and Wensleydale’, it was subsequently referenced ‘Howgill Grange 5’ by NADRAP on ERA. The stone displays a complex design of cups, rings, grooves and countersunk cups many of which still display tool marks. The stone was also laser scanned during early NADRAP recording, leaving the panel permanently uncovered.
Surprisingly, despite this being the most complex and best preserved panel in the area it isn’t a scheduled monument.
ERA record: https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/era/section/panel/overview.jsf?eraId=1730
Model created from 6 images captured by Richard Stroud (NADRAP ) in July 2007. The imagery forms part of the NADRAP / ERA archive deposited with Historic England and the county councils.
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