Lordenshaws is an Iron Age hillfort with Bronze Age burial mounds. Perhaps the most interesting thing here is the Cup and Ring marked rock. Created by our Neolithic and Early Bronze Age ancestors between 6,000 and 3,800 years ago, the carvings you see etched into the rock are a wonderful time capsule and are becoming increasingly rare to see.

Tom Rambler

June 24, 2017

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Around the fort cup and ring marked rocks (5000 y/o) can be found.

The Wandering Fiona

November 9, 2020

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Short walk from Lordenshaw Car Park to this.

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Location: Whitton And Tosson, North East England, England, United Kingdom

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