Prehistoric rock-art outside Great North Museum (Hancock)
Introduction
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Prehistoric rock-art outside Great North Museum (Hancock)
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 17 Dec 2015
The large cup and ring marked boulder was found at Birney Hill south of Darras Hall, Ponteland Image The building company whose workers uncovered the stone, Wardell Armstrong, transported it to a site near the south door of the Great North Museum (Hancock) in early 2015. http://heddonhistory.weebly.com/blog/rock-art-from-birney-hill-ponteland The boulder measures 1.5m x 1m x 0.9m, with the upper surface decorated with over 30 cup-marks, six of which had partial surrounding rings. There is a 3D model of the boulder here: https://skfb.ly/6u8SU
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Image Location
Latitude
54.980611
Longitude
-1.613883