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Rock ArtSite Name: The Ringses 1a Alternative Name: ERA-25; Beckensall 101; N3817Country: England County: Northumberland Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Wooler Nearest Village: Doddington
Map Ref: NU0163132879
Latitude: 55.589545N Longitude: 1.975683W
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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SolarMegalith visited on 5th Mar 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3
This sloping bedrock outcrop is covered with a complex set of motifs. In the central part of the panel there is a rare rosette motif, the other carvings include simple cup-marks and concentration of cup-and-ring marks near the western edge of the surface.
For more information see England's Rock Art entry for ERA-25 The Ringses 1a, which includes a description, photographs, a sketch of the rock and its motif, plus photogrammetry and media from the Beckensall Archive.
The original Beckensall record can be found at Internet Archive: Beckensall 101 The Ringses 1a.
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