
More detailed image of the cup marks taken in July 2010 when it was wet. Water flows from the small top cup into the larger lower features.
More detailed image of the cup marks taken in July 2010 when it was wet. Water flows from the small top cup into the larger lower features.
View looking south west down path between the gorse from the top of Rumbling Kern – the rock outcrop is at the end of the gorse bank on the left of the picture.
Route taking in three TMA sites in one short circular walk.
View from top of Rumbling Kern, about 20m from cup marked stone
Cup marked stone
Cup marked stone discovered when walking back from a visit to
Howick Settlement and Howick Hillfort.
Original photo was put up as a possible cup mark at the hillfort site and Rockart contacted me to add to BRAC, so it looks like the real deal.
The main image shows the cup marked rock. There is one deep cup at the top and other possible cup marks below. The rock itself is only partially exposed so there could be others marks. It appears to be gritstone type rock.
Access is easy, parking near Sea Houses Farm south of Craster then a short walk down access road to the sea side path. Go south down this till you come to a style and then cut back on yourself to the left and up the path to the top of Rumbling Kern.
You can clearly see the path I mention going diagonally up from left to right on Google Earth. The path cuts through gorse (darker green in the photo view on google earth) at the grid ref given and the panel is visible (on the ground not on Google earth) at the left hand edge of the gorse patch on
the right hand side, right next to the path.
You can combine a visit here with a trip to both Howick Settlement and Hillfort – image showing round trip path added to help.