Stone found on private land in the Scrainwood area, north of Netherton, Northumberland.
Referenced ‘Scrainwood 7’ on the Beckensall Archive (BA) this stone is described as:
‘A minimum of two cups joined by a groove, with single rings around the cups. In addition, there is a cup and ring, cup, oval cup and an arc.’
NADRAP added the record to ERA in 2008, describing:
‘Doubt is expressed as to their authenticity as artificial markings as they could be naturally formed…No rings or other evidence of manual intervention.’
Given the original description by Stan Beckensall, there has to be some doubt as to whether the stone was correctly identified for the later projects (BA & NADRAP).
ERA & BA info: https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/era/section/panel/overview.jsf?eraId=1560
Model created from 4 stereo pairs captured by Joe Gibson (NADRAP Team 2) in March 2007. The imagery forms part of the full NADRAP archive deposited with Historic England and Northumberland County Council.
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