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Submitted by Anne T on Sunday, 29 April 2018 Page Views: 2211
Rock ArtSite Name: Tony's Patch 1 Alternative Name: ERA-1417; Beckensall 1138Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.795 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Northumberland Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Haydon Bridge Nearest Village: Chesterwood
Map Ref: NY8228165572
Latitude: 54.984426N Longitude: 2.278413W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Anne T visited on 30th Jun 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Tony's Patch Rock Art: The information for this nature reserve said there was room to park one car by the stile into the field at NY 81961 65368, and indeed there was, but only just. As we readied ourselves to walk towards the wood, the first spots of rain started, but we decided it would only be a short shower, so thought we'd walk down anyway, and if the rain got heavy, we'd be sheltered in the wood. Ha!
From the stile we headed ENE across this field of, for the most part, knee high grass, heading towards the gate into the nature reserve. Then followed the path through the wood, finding a small turn off to our right to this stone at about NY 82262 65565. By this time, the rain was hammering down, and we had started to get soaked.
I don't think anyone had been here for some time, as the branches from the trees had grown right over the rock and I kept getting caught up in them.
We eventually found the cup marks at the bottom, right hand side of the rock, where the rock starts to become 'undercut'. We needed to push some of the bracken aside to see them.
I really don't understand how NADRAP could have classified these are having ben made by water running over the rock surface? Where are the water channels that would have worn? Or if these were solution holes, the rock must have been in a different position for these to form.
Having photographed these as best I could in the very low light levels, we headed back to the car. By this time, the grass in the field was wet, but we waded through. I don't think my walking sandals will ever be quite the same!
This rock art panel is recorded by NADRAP as being on a large, detached rock slab that has been set in a near vertical position with two memorial plaques attached. The five irregular cups on this slab could be the result of natural erosion caused by water running over the rock surface. The cups are located on an undercut lower, south-west side. Beckensall had previously recorded this panel as having a minimum of five irregular cups.
For a more detailed description and more information see England's Rock Art entry for ERA-1417 Tony's Patch 1, which includes NADRAP's notes, Beckensall's Archive Notes and description, photographs, a sketch of the rock and its motifs, plus photogrammetry.
The original Beckensall record can be found at Internet Archive: Beckensall 1138 Tony's Patch.
Access to the rock art panel is 'Access by Right of Way'.
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