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Alwinton//Newton/Clennell Cottages 2
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Panel aliases: Alwinton 2

Notes about name:
 
Clennell is a hill clear of weeds or harmful growth. Newton means new farm.

Current location: Countryside

Parish: Biddlestone CP, Alnwick, Northumberland, England   

Panel type:

  • Portable Reused Stone

Legal status: Private

Nature of access: Seek Landowner Permission

Wheelchair access: Impossible

General notes:
 
Adam T Welfare and Malcolm Scott gave Stan Beckensall details of this rock. On a ridge with wide views to the Cheviots and the south these four marked boulders (Alwinton/Newton/Clennell Cottages 1-4) have been disturbed by field clearance, so it impossible to say what their original context was.
 

Motifs:  Cup and groove: at least 6 foundCup and ring: at least 1 foundTwo cups linked by a groove: at least 1 foundCurved groove: at least 3 foundLinear and angular groove: at least 8 foundPick marks: at least 1 foundCups in a straight or curved line: at least 1 foundSingle or multiple cups: at least 11 found

Art description:

A boulder with complex motifs. It is very ‘busy' with straight and curved grooves linking up with each other and with cups.

 
 
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