<< Other Photo Pages >> Goswick Sands Rock Art - Rock Art in England in Northumberland
Submitted by durhamnature on Tuesday, 11 September 2012 Page Views: 3367
Rock ArtSite Name: Goswick Sands Rock ArtCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.1 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Northumberland Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Alnwick Nearest Village: Scremerston
Map Ref: NU0347
Latitude: 55.716419N Longitude: 1.953814W
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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Some of the rocks had natural knobs of rock with incised circles around them. The rock art was said to mimic this. Peck marks could be detected.
The rocks were photographed.
I have interpreted the grid reference, the site could be further north, closer to Scremerston.
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