Ouston, Pike Hill a (May 2006)

3D Model

Prehistoric carved rock found in a barrow near Stamfordham, Northumberland.

Now in the Great North Museum: Hancock, it’s referenced ‘Ouston, Pike Hill a’ on the Beckensall Archive (BA) and described as:

‘The design is an irregular trapezoid with a cup at each angle, and two cup marks are outside the figure but have no apparent relationship to it. The markings are well and deeply cut and in some places show the rough pick marks of the first operation of incision but are generally smoothed by grinding.’

The record was added to ERA by NADRAP in 2008.

ERA & BA info: https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/era/section/panel/overview.jsf?eraId=1897

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.

Carving can been on the museums virtual tour: https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=vDYfDDT7LfG&help=1&vr=0