Birney Hill (relocated)

A visit to the Great North (Hancock) Museum to see the cup and ring marked stones (and lots of other prehistoric stuff).
Local buses stop across the road and the Haymarket Metro Station is a short easy walk. There are little signs on the lampposts directing you. If you must drive into the city there is parking nearby.
A large cup and ring marked boulder sits proudly outside the entrance on a lawn with benches. This was found durning water main replacement work at Birney Hill (near Darras Hall NW Newcastle). It’s a well marked stone with mostly cups and a few rings.
In the museum head right from main doors and you will find “ Ice Age to Iron Age” exhibit. Several portable cup and ring marked stones and cyst covers from all over Northumberland and some information about possible carving methods.
Lots of other exhibits from the area from querm stones to microliths.
Well worth a visit if you are in the area, lots else to see for all the family, and a free to use reference library. It has a website so all you need to know will be on there most likely.