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Rock ArtSite Name: Chesters Roman Site a Alternative Name: ERA-752; Beckensall 752Country: England County: Northumberland Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Hexham Nearest Village: Chollerford
Map Ref: NY9120770250
Latitude: 55.026703N Longitude: 2.13908W
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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Rock Art in Northumberland
Described a now being 'lost', this rock art panel is described in Beckensall's Archive notes as having been found by "the Rev G. Rome Hall (who) recorded that a prehistoric carved stone three feet long and two feet six wide ‘may be seen in the portico at Chesters, where a large slab of sandstone is incised with cups, singly and in groups, and has intersecting irregular grooves or channels.’ It was found to the east of the North gateway." The grid reference given above is the original find location in the North gateway of the fort.
For more information see England's Rock Art entry for ERA-752 Chesters Roman Site a, where Beckensall describes the panel as being on "A broken slab that is divided by branching grooves, on either side of which are twelve cup marks and a groove." The ERA entry has a sketch of the panel from the ERA Archive and a drawing from the Beckensall Archive.
The original Beckensall record can be found at Internet Archive: Beckensall 752 Chesters Roman site a.
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