Lordenshaw Northumberland Rock Art Carvings


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Prehistoric rock art of Northumberland is one of the most recognizable parts of the archaeological heritage in North-East England. This is the first of my articles about the Neolithic/Bronze Age carvings preserved in the landscape in various parts of the county.


Lordenshaw Northumberland Rock Art Carvings

The University of Texas at Dallas in 2018 paid $19,842 in connection with 41 holes drilled two years earlier without authorization into a rock art site on agency land just over the Nevada border.


Northumbrian Images Doddington Ancient Rock Art Northumberland

The sites, which can be found in Lemmington Wood, Wellhope, Whitsunbank and Goatscrag, were declared thanks to the work of about 100 volunteers from the Northumberland and Durham Rock Art Project.


The Northumberland Rock Art Carvings Dr Aron Mazel

Set foot on Northumberland's incredible Iron-Age sites and mysterious ancient rock art during your trip to our historic county.


Lordenshaw Northumberland Rock Art Carvings

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art Chatton (Chatton Park/Chattonpark) (Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art) on The Modern Antiquarian, the UK & Ireland's most popular megalithic community website. 106 images, 6 fieldnotes, 5 weblinks, plus information on many more ancient sites nearby and across the UK & Ireland. Image © Pebblethief Also known as:


The Rock Art Carvings of Northumberland England

Now, 17 examples of rock art in Northumberland have been scheduled as Ancient Monuments by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The sites, which can be found in Lemmington Wood, Wellhope.


Lordenshaw Northumberland Rock Art Carvings

The Northumberland rock art includes a series of spirals and intricate concentric designs, interconnected rings, and circular cups. However, even though being one of Britain's most important collections of prehistoric art, its precise meaning still eludes researchers.


The Northumberland Rock Art Carvings Dr Aron Mazel

Bicycle Rock - 55.54752 -1.96633. Gorse bush rock - 55.54782 -1.96745 (search carefully for the access point without damaging the gorse) Plantation Rock - 55.54847 -1.97033 (within fenced plantation) There are many theories as to the meaning or purpose of this rock art. Did they mark territories or form part of sacred or religious places?


Roughting Linn Northumberland Rock Art Carvings

There are certain motifs that are regularly used - straight grooves and wavy grooves, shallow circular depressions (cups), rosettes, dominoes. These marked stones have been carved into sandstone outcrops throughout Northumberland - only 3 marked rocks have been discovered in the Cheviots on rock other than sandstone.


Lordenshaw Northumberland Rock Art Carvings

The rock art carvings are mostly found in the central and northern uplands © Bradshaw Foundation Dr Aron Mazel recording the rock art carvings of Northumberland, England © Bradshaw Foundation


Lordenshaw Northumberland Rock Art Carvings

Cup and ring marks or cup marks are a form of prehistoric art found in the Atlantic seaboard of Europe (Ireland, Wales, Northern England, Scotland, France ( Brittany ), Portugal, and Spain ( Galicia) - and in Mediterranean Europe - Italy (in Alpine valleys and Sardinia), Azerbaijan and Greece ( Thessaly [citation needed] and Irakleia (Cyclades).


The Northumberland Rock Art Carvings Dr Aron Mazel

Discover Northumberland's fascinating gallery of mysterious rock art on a walking holiday through its inspiring landscape. Plan your visit at VisitEngland.


Lordenshaw Northumberland Rock Art Carvings

Square shaped rock art from north Northumberland. Author provided Also in the 1990s, British archaeologist Clive Waddington proposed that the beginning of carving was linked to a new.


Lordenshaw Northumberland Rock Art Carvings

The Northumberland and Durham Rock Art Pilot Project (NADRAP) was funded by English Heritage and managed by Northumberland and Durham County Councils. The project ran from 2004-2008, and involved around 100 volunteers. New recording techniques were piloted and a standardised rock art recording methodology developed.


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Carved into rocky outcrops, boulders, standing stones, or within burial mounds, Northumberland's rock art varies from simple, circular hollows known as 'cups' to more complex intertwining patterns with cups, rings, and intertwining grooves.


an artistic photo of green moss growing on the side of a stone wall

Northumberland is known for its prehistoric rock art, mostly dated to the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age. This rock art is predominantly found on outcrops, boulders and portables, with abstract motifs carved onto them whose meanings remains a mystery. All we can be certain of is that these might be some of the oldest human-made art in the UK.

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