Hollinside Farm, cup and ring marked stone

HER Number

12697

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Hollinside Farm, cup and ring marked stone

Place

Whickham

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Findspot

Site Type: Specific

Cup and Ring Marked Stone

General Period

PREHISTORIC

Specific Period

Later Prehistoric -4,000 to 43

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

418700

Northing

560000

Grid Reference

NZ418700560000

Sources

email from Kate Wilson, English Heritage, 2007