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The Ringses 5a
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Notes about name:
 
The Ringses is named after the circular ditches of a hill fort.

Current location: Countryside

Parish: Chatton CP, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England   

Panel type:

  • Art in Landscape – Outcrop

Legal status: Private

Nature of access: Seek Landowner Permission

Access remarks:
 
Approximately 185m from the path

Wheelchair access: Impossible

Motifs:  Midget cup: at least 2 foundSingle or multiple cups: at least 32 foundCup and groove: at least 2 foundTwo cups linked by a groove: at least 1 foundArc: at least 2 foundDomino patterns and parallel lines: at least 1 foundCups in a straight or curved line: at least 1 found

Art description:

It is an irregularly-shaped outcrop, slightly domed, covered away from the edges with many varied-sized cups. There is a curved line of 8 small cups beside two arcs that face inward to each other, and two sets of linked cups. There are 6 small 'dominoes'. There are 32 other cups.

 
 
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