South Lordenshaw 1 (Sept 2005)

3D Model

Found to the S of Lordenshaw hillfort, Garleigh Moor, S of Rothbury, Northumberland.

Referenced ‘South Lordenshaw 1’ on the Beckensall Archive (BA) this carved rock was added to ERA by NADRAP in 2008. The NADRAP team observed:

“One of two adjacent large boulder-like bedrock outcrops, in this case displaying two large bowl-shaped depressions and at the southern extremity a cluster of midget (finger-tip size) cups. These latter may be evidence of quarrying activity or simply holes remaining after natural inclusions have dropped out. Their regularity of shape and clustered arrangement hints at manual intervention.”

Historic England listing: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1017196

ERA & BA info: https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/era/section/panel/overview.jsf?eraId=1329

Model created from 8 stereo pairs captured by Joe Gibson of NADRAP Team 3 in September 2005. The imagery forms part of the full NADRAP archive deposited with Historic England & Northumberland County Council.