Roughting Linn
Roughting Linn is the name of a farm near Lowick in Northumberland on the B6525 just after the Ford junction . On the site of the farm named after a nearby waterfall , there is one of the largest and best-preserved rock carvings in North England with cup-and-ring markings . The tip from sandstone is about 20 m long and 12 m wide. The western edge is damaged by a quarry that operated until 1850.
Many motives are complex. Most are based on the principle of a cup ( English cup ) surrounded by several rings, but the shapes are varied. There are three horseshoe-shaped incisions around one of the cups, from the center of which is a straight groove . The radial line bundles located outside are also unusual. Near the center, two cups are surrounded by long curved grooves that end in small cups. Most of the motifs are deeply carved and easy to recognize.
Nearby are the Dod Low Rock and Lordinshaw Hill Carvings.
literature
- George Nash, Christopher Chippindale (Eds.): European Landscapes of Rock-Art. Routledge, London et al. 2002, ISBN 0-415-25734-4 .
- Homer Sykes: Mysterious Britain - Fact and Folklore George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd. 1993 ISBN 0-297-83196-8 p. 51
Web links
- http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/celynog/Northumberland/roughting_linn.htm
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1041340/Revealed-Britains-secret-treasure-trove-stone-age-rock-art.html
Coordinates: 55 ° 37 '28.8 " N , 2 ° 2' 11.7" W.