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Rock ArtSite Name: Beanley Moor Alternative Name: ERA-2051Country: England County: Northumberland Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Alnwick Nearest Village: Beanley
Map Ref: NU0969118490
Latitude: 55.460164N Longitude: 1.848303W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Beanley Moor is rich in historic sites and is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. This site page is intended to capture all the Beanley Moor sites - enclosures, rock art panels, cairns, etc.
In addition, England's Rock Art entry for ERA-2051 Beanley Moor is their summary page for all the Beanley Moor rock art panels. Giving us an idea of what this moor is like, an extract of the ERA record reads: "Beanley Moor is a north and northeast facing hillside with remains of prehistoric occupation in hillfort and other settlement areas, trackways, ancient field walls and, predating them all, a number of both portable and bedrock panels bearing cup and ring markings. Beanley hillfort settlement, called ‘The Ringses’ is compact, well sited and in excellent condition with high ramparts and deep ditches. On a sheltered plain beyond is a rectangular stone walled settlement with associated boulder constructed field walls, probably of Romano-British date but unexcavated. A large semi-circular compound up against the steep scarp face is also bounded by large boulders and another settlement area. Beyond and on higher ground is evidence of extensive quarrying for millstones and the hillside is scattered with both glacial and industrial debris."
"Intervisibility is good with views to the plain below to the North and North-East and across to the hill fort. To the South is a cairnfield with substantial cairns, some thought to be funerary. Views extend to Ros Castle to the North. Other rock art lies within 30 m: a block in a cluster of stones which is part of the same ancient fieldwall. Ancient, possible Iron Age or earlier, fieldwalls are close by and elsewhere on the Beanley site. Cairns are evident within 300 m."
"Rock art panels in the area are a mixture of in situ and re-located examples. Iron Age and Romano-British activities may account for the positioning, or more accurately the clearance of panels. The Iron Age hillfort dominates the surrounding area, and this may have been responsible for the creation of the field boundaries akin to those at Lordenshaw. More recent field clearance is also partially responsible for the movement of some panels; many small clearance cairns are recorded near the Romano-British settlement and field system, and these also incorporate rock art. Widespread Medieval and Post Medieval quarrying, including that for millstones, may have also destroyed rock art panels."
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26m NNE 13° Beanley Moor 2* Rock Art (NU0969718515)
128m SW 225° Beanley Moor 1.* Rock Art (NU0960018400)
218m NE 47° Beanley Portable b Rock Art (NU0985018640)
333m ENE 71° Ringses (Beanley Moor)* Hillfort (NU1000618600)
535m E 83° Beanley Moor 3* Rock Art (NU1022318561)
578m WSW 247° Beanley Moor Enclosure* Ancient Village or Settlement (NU0915718266)
702m ESE 104° Beanley Moor 7* Rock Art (NU1037418318)
788m SSW 211° Beanley Plantation Fort* Hillfort (NU09291781)
875m SE 127° Beanley Moor 8 & 9 Rock Art (NU1039017960)
946m E 89° Beanley Moor 4 Rock Art (NU1064018511)
994m E 90° Beanley Moor 6 Rock Art (NU1068818484)
994m E 91° Beanley Moor 5 Rock Art (NU1068818475)
1.1km SSW 198° Beanley Plantation Cist* Cist (NU09351745)
1.1km ESE 110° Beanley Moor 11 Rock Art (NU1075118117)
1.2km ESE 106° Beanley Moor 10 Rock Art (NU1081118173)
1.2km NNE 23° Eglingham Hall Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (NU10161960)
1.5km W 259° Beanley Portable a Rock Art (NU0820018200)
1.9km SSE 165° Titlington Mount N01* Rock Art (NU1016616675)
2.2km SSE 164° Titlington Mount N02* Rock Art (NU1029016368)
2.3km SE 133° Hunterheugh 6b Rock Art (NU1139216904)
2.3km SE 133° Hunterheugh 6* Rock Art (NU1141816904)
2.4km S 183° Titlington North Camp* Hillfort (NU0959016107)
2.4km SE 132° Hunterheugh 11 Rock Art (NU1147216873)
2.4km NW 317° Ros Castle 4 Rock Art (NU0801620282)
2.5km SE 131° Hunterheugh 14* Rock Art (NU1156016866)
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