2021

NY9717 : Cup-marked rock, Sunny Brow

taken 3 years ago, 3 km from Hury, County Durham, England

Cup-marked rock, Sunny Brow
Cup-marked rock, Sunny Brow
Clearly visible through an open gateway from the old drove road up Loups's Hill, this large earthfast rock clearly has at least five cup-marks on this face, two of them very prominent, but is not documented in the reference for this area. The far side NY9717 : Cup-marked rock, Sunny Brow also has a very distinct line of eight evenly-spaced holes which do not appear natural although they do follow a line of apparent weakness. It seems inconceivable that anyone surveying this area (there are a dozen prehistoric rocks nearby, some quite hard to identify) would miss this rock (we'd been looking for some of the others, weren't expecting to see one here, and noticed it immediately), so perhaps it has been concluded that the markings are not ancient, but I'm still surprised that the rock is not mentioned.

Reference: "Prehistoric Rock Art of County Durham, Swaledale and Wensleydale", Stan Beckensall and Tim Laurie, County Durham Books, 1998, ISBN 1-897585-45-4

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Andy Waddington   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 9 April, 2021   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 13 April, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 9722 1765 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:33.2452N 2:2.6697W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NY 9722 1765
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Southwest (about 225 degrees)
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