Ryton Woodside, Cocks Site 5, cup and ring marked stone
Ryton Woodside, Cocks Site 5, cup and ring marked stone
HER Number
584
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Ryton Woodside, Cocks Site 5, cup and ring marked stone
Place
Ryton Woodside
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Rock Art
Site Type: Specific
Cup and Ring Marked Stone
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Later Prehistoric -4,000 to 43
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
In 1934, on his Site 5 at Woodside, Cocks found a cup and ring marked stone built into the stone facing of a clay wall, the decorated surface being on the outside. He gave its dimensions as 737 mm x 559 mm x 381 mm, and described it thus: "The stone bears one "cup and ring" with four radial ducts...There are also ten plain cups of circular form; one cup with a deep conical duct; and one large cup which appears to have been formed by uniting two circular cups. All shew the tool marks of manufacture".
Easting
414770
Northing
563500
Grid Reference
NZ414770563500
Sources
<< HER 584 >> Museum of Antiquities, Notebooks of W.A. Cocks
W.A. Cocks, 1935, The Ryton 'Cup and Ring' marked Rock, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, VI (for 1933-34), pp. 353-4
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 19 no. 4; England's Rock Art (http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/era) ERA 2040
W.A. Cocks, 1935, The Ryton 'Cup and Ring' marked Rock, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, VI (for 1933-34), pp. 353-4
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 19 no. 4; England's Rock Art (http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/era) ERA 2040