Lucker Moor

Nearest town:
Alnwick (15km SE)
OS reference:
NU117268
OS sheet:
75
Latitude:
55° 32' 4.74 N
Longitude:
1° 48' 52.58 W
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Image of Lucker Moor (Round Cairn) by rockandy

Cup-marked rock, Longstone Hill, Lucker Moor.

The rock with a large basin-like cup is approximately 60m NW of the Long Stone just below the edge of the escarpment (NU 1185 2706). Is it a natural erosion feature or man-made?

Although no marked rocks are recorded in this position in the Beckensall archive many are recorded from S of the Lucker Moor cairns and W of Lucker Moor at Chatton Sandyfords.

Most rock on the moors may have been moved into field-clearance or the many burial cairns at different stages in the history of man’s use of the area.

Image credit: Rockandy
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rockandy Dec 17, 2004
Image of Lucker Moor (Round Cairn) by rockandy

The Long Stone standing stone, Longstone Hill, Lucker Moor; view NE towards the coast. I have not been able to find out the age of this stone and it is now set in concrete. It is present on OS maps from 1856-1865. The 2.5m tall stone is NE of the Three Cairns of the Longstone Hill Bonze Age Cairn Cemetery and commands a fine view.

Image credit: Rockandy
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rockandy Dec 17, 2004
Image of Lucker Moor (Round Cairn) by rockandy

Two of the three large cairns on Longstone Hill, Lucker Moor. These cairns are part of about 40 round cairns, making up an extensive Bronze Age cemetery. The large cairns are approximately 20m in diameter and 2m high but much stone has been removed from their centres.

Image credit: Rockandy
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rockandy Dec 17, 2004

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