Amerside Law north

Also known as:
Amerside 2 (possible)
Nearest town:
Alnwick (18km ESE)
OS reference:
NU0758627185
OS sheet:
75
Latitude:
55° 32' 17.47 N
Longitude:
1° 52' 47.24 W
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Images

Image of Amerside Law north (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Hob

Fitz’s eroded CnR as it was on the 29th, covered in plant matter.

Image credit: IH
Hob
Hob Mar 14, 2008
Image of Amerside Law north (Standing Stone / Menhir) by rockandy

Eroded motifs (possibly Amerside Law 2) just visible in foreground

Image credit: Rockandy
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rockandy Mar 13, 2008
Image of Amerside Law north (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Hob

Previously unrecorded little standing stone.

Image credit: IH
Hob
Hob Mar 10, 2008

Articles

Amerside Law north

fitzcoraldo
fitzcoraldo Mar 13, 2008

This site is a lovely clearing in the forest. The site is raised and roughly circular and has signs of quarrying on its edges. To one side of the raised area is a substantial upright stone, judging from the fluting on the stone it has been stood upright for a long time. Upon lifting some of the turf I found a simple eroded cup and ring, on further investigation we also found another very weathered cup with a possible ring.
There was some debate as to whether these carvings represent the site recorded as Amerside Law 2.

Amerside Law north

Hob
Hob Mar 10, 2008

It’s no very big (about 3 ft tall, tops), but there are a good few smaller things in Northumberland that have been recorded quite firmly, and even scheduled.

I reckon the fluted grooves are much what you’d see on a BA orthostat in these parts, so I’m claiming it to be the genuine I-am.

(But if the TMA Eds should decide otherwise, please do slap a Dubious Antiquity tag on it. I’ll not get too upset...)

Another possible fact in it’s favour is the presence, about 3m away, of some definite Cup and Ring carvings, and it’s in what used to be a cairnfield, fitting a general pattern of Northumbrian sites.

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