Spotted during LiDAR survey of bright water area (this site was outside the survey area so wasn’t captured as part of that survey.
Image credit: LiDAR image from Dig Ventures
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Sat Image of Cowley House Farm showing the circular crop marks in the field to the south. Well ploughed over but still clear.
Image credit: Google Maps
Well worn now some of the cup marks can still be seen.
Image credit: Mac Scott
Other part of the worked stone feature in the woods
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Worked stone feature in the woods – main part with “broken” section on the right.
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View of the bracken rising in the area marked as having the barrow in it on the map, looking west from the A1 side
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View of a possible 2nd barrow to the East towards the A1, taken from the marked site on the map.
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View from the site out through the western entrance towards Beanley Moor
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View of the site, approaching the eastern side through the woods
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Worked stone at bottom of wall on west side – probably much later than the site given the type of working but obviously moved from an earlier site to make part of the well.
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Western entrance looking into the site, towards the “well”/“cairn” feature.
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The bank is at its highest on the west side – around 1.5m high here
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On the way from the old A1 to the site you pass Heiferlaw tower. Shows that the site has been important throughout the ages.
“Built by the fourth Earl of Northumberland for the monks of Alnwick Abbey between 1470-89 (according to the built-in armorial panel), probably as a lookout and beacon to warn of attack from Scotland....”
Image credit: Mascot 2011
Use this along with the field notes to locate the features listed.
Image credit: Google Earth + Mascot annotations
“A is a dyke, and the line marked B shews the limits of a corn field, from which a road runs westward through this old fortification”
From ‘An historical, topographical, and descriptive view of the county of Northumberland,’ 1825.
books.google.com/books?id=-RtNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA80
Image credit: Google Books Digitized
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.
Image credit: Mascot 2010
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.
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View of the barrow with sheep added to show scale :-)
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Looking towards the site from the pathway up from Craster – this picture was taken almost directly east of the site and clearly shows the raised bank that marks the eastern side of the enclosure.
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Looking westwards from the cliff top there is a very clear linear depression that runs through the field systems – possible trackway leading to the site from the west?
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View towards the west from the top of the cliff edge showing field systems. What looks like ridge and furrow (very common in this area) and potentially earlier terracing on a different alignment.
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Aerial view from the 1970’s showing road and barrow between field corner and trees.
Image credit: Cheshire Council Tithe Map Site
Plate II, Fig 9 – see fieldnotes
Image credit: Google Scan from Original Book
Image from The history of the borough, castle, and barony of Alnwick – Plate II, Fig1
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Route taking in three TMA sites in one short circular walk.
Image credit: Mascot 2009/Google Earth/etc
View from top of Rumbling Kern, about 20m from cup marked stone
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Possible cup mark near Rumbling Kern – see fieldnotes
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Notes on Howick Hillfort from Howick settlement site.
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Southern rampart, erosion showing what looks like two courses of stone construction
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Possible vertical “peck mark” lines on one of the west facing rock outcrops.
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Two platform features inside ring to NE of Trig Point.
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Large standing stone next to pillbox to the north of the site. I wasn’t able to get close to this as it was lambing season. Well over 2m tall give size of pillbox.
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Northern most rock overhang, this one is lower than the rest but much deeper, 4-5 people could sleep underneath the overhang.
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There are around 5 rock outcrop overhangs along the west side of the hill.
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Close up of hole feature. This is almost identical to hole at the beanley plantation site, again cut into a west facing rock outcrop. Judging by the droppings this one was used by quite a large mammal at times!
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View from south toward first rock outcrop showing overhang.
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Dramatic “hole” feature on side of first major rock outcrop on west of site. The cutting up to the hole is wide enough for a grown man to walk up.
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Cup marks on top of rock overhang platform to west to site. Note book in photo is 15cm high.
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