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| The Graeme C and I stopped off here on our way back from the RAM05 meeting. Our heads were full of beautiful rock art but the sun was still up and we had time to squeeze one more site in on our journey south. The Millstone Burn was ideal as it lay beside the A697 and was therefore on our way home. We parked up beside the field gate and walked up the bank. Unfortunately I had left my 'Beckensall Bible' at home and only had a printed map from MAGIC to guide us. Within a few minutes we had found a number of cup marked rocks and discovered the boulder that Stan describes as "the most complex and pleasing design of this entire group". Stan is spot-on with his description, we found it very pleasing. We searched the outcrops further uphill doing a bit of peel-reveal-replace here and there and discovered a number of rocks with cups and weathered-out motifs. We then moved over onto the moor to the north of the field. Graeme vaulted the barbed wire fence with one fluid cat-like movement. Not wanting to look like a girl I followed suit only to end up entangled in the fence with a great rip in my duds and a slightly bruised ego. Could have been worse I suppose. We only found one cup marked boulder on the moor but to be honest with you we weren't looking too hard in the knee-high heather, I guess we'd seen enough for one day. It's always good to leave something to come back for, I guess we'll be coming back to Northumbria for a long time yet. |
Posted by fitzcoraldo23rd May 2005ce Edited 24th May 2005ce
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