Museum of Antiquities - Collection 2 (May 2006)

3D Model

A group of prehistoric portable carved rocks maintained in the collections of the Great North Museum: Hancock, in Newcastle. Formerly housed in the Museum of Antiquities and referenced on the Beckensall Archive (BA), they were added to ERA by NADRAP in 2008. This group consists of:

Museum of Antiquities Unprovenanced Rock 5

Nafferton

Allen Banks

Weetwood Portable H

South Middleton Moor Portable

Weetwood Portable i

West Lordenshaw (Birky Hill) 1f

Hunterheugh 1 Excavation Portable 1

Hunterheugh 1 Excavation Portable 2

Hunterheugh 1 Excavation Portable 3

A number of models have links to the ERA records and models of the carved surface.

Model created from 5 stereo pairs captured by David Tuck, David Jones, Caroline & Ken Allott (NADRAP Team 2) in May 2006. The imagery forms part of full NADRAP archive deposited with Historic England and Northumberland County Council