Fenwick Fell Field

Nearest town:
Hexham (12km ESE)
OS reference:
NY848734
OS sheets:
86, 87
Latitude:
55° 3' 16.82 N
Longitude:
2° 14' 16.67 W
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Images

Image of Fenwick Fell Field (Cup Marked Stone) by Hob

Medieval boundary running right through a BA cairn? Quite possibly. But it’s not half bleak out there.

Image credit: IH
Hob
Hob Mar 15, 2008
Image of Fenwick Fell Field (Cup Marked Stone) by rockandy

General view NNW along old boundary wall and by-way from Slaterfield Fell. The marked stones are probably from a cairn on the ridge between Castleburn and Hopeshield burns.

Image credit: Rockandy
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rockandy Oct 30, 2007
Image of Fenwick Fell Field (Cup Marked Stone) by rockandy

Stone b is visible in the foreground and stone a is also built into the old boundary 2m closer to the tree

Image credit: Rockandy
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rockandy Oct 30, 2007
Image of Fenwick Fell Field (Cup Marked Stone) by rockandy

Cup-marked stone b in its environment; view N along the old boundary into which the stones have been placed, possibly from a nearby cairn

Image credit: Rockandy
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rockandy Oct 30, 2007

Articles

Fenwick Fell Field

Hob
Hob Mar 15, 2008

It’s a very minor pair of bits of rock art, but worthy of mention for a couple of points.

One is the dumbbell motif, unusual, especially on a portable. Similar to the one on outcrop at Fowberry cairn.

Also, the old boundary earthwork (linear, definitely a post roman feature) appears to run right through the remains of a bronze Age cairn. There’s a lot more stone in the earthwork the closer to the RA you get, sort of implying that the cairn was stripped to provide building material.

Thus, it’s reasonable to assume that the marked rocks came from the cairn, as is quite common. So maybe there were/are more still in hiding?

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