Biddlestone (Aug 2006)

Relocated boulder on private land near Biddlestone, W of Netherton, Northumberland. Referenced on the Beckensall Archive (BA) as ‘Biddlestone’, the archive records the motifs as: “… a cup and pennanular, the latter stopping at the edge. A large cup and a smaller one that may be a large pick-mark accompany it. Below are two well defined cups and some apparently incomplete linked depressions. Then comes a well-made cup and single ring, the ring running into a large cup on the edge of the rock. There is another small cup and three faint conjoined cups. On the downslope are two small cups or pickmarks.” NADRAP referenced the carving ‘Biddlestone 1’ and added it to ERA in 2008. Both archives provide further information. ERA & BA info: https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/era/section/panel/overview.jsf?eraId=1149 Model created from 3 stereo pairs captured by Joe Gibson of NADRAP Team 3 in August 2006. The imagery forms part of the full NADRAP archive deposited with Historic England & Northumberland CC.