Whickham, Hollinside Farm, cup and ring marked stone

HER Number:
12697

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Whickham, Hollinside Farm, cup and ring marked stone

Place:
Whickham

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Cup and Ring Marked Stone

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
A large cup-and-ring marked stone was spotted on an old sofa near the driveway of Hollinside Farm on 29 November 2007. The stone has been slightly moved in November 2009. No one seems to know where the slab came from.

Easting:
187

Northing:
600

Grid Reference:
NZ187600

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
email from Kate Wilson, English Heritage, 2007