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ERA-2028Brackenheads 3 - Panel Overview

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Brackenheads 3
ERA-2028
Art in the landscape: boulder
D6603
At original location
Durham
Teesdale
Marwood
NZ0153523286
54.604622 [Datum: WGS84]
-1.976235 [Datum: WGS84]

This is a flat boulder with motifs concentrated at one end leaving large flat area unadorned. The decorated area does have layers of large quartz crystals which could make cutting the stone very difficult. Six large and deep cups are arranged at the eastern point of panel. Five cups are about 0.11 m in diameter and 0.06 m deep; the other is marginally smaller. Some are paired, linked by grooves. Many small voids in cup wall previously classed as peck marks are more likely to be erosion holes left by quartz crystal dropout. The markings are very deep and make this a very visually attractive panel. Large expanse of panel surface available for decoration - but untouched.

Five other cup marked panels are within 50 m of this panel, but are of poorer quality and with smaller cups.

Cups are well-defined, appear conical and are exceptional in this small site.
Cup dimensions: cup 1 - 0.07m by 0.06m by 0.025m, cup 2 - 0.10m by 0.08m by 0.04m, cup 3 - 0.11m by 0.09m by 0.05m, cup 4 - 0.11m by 0.09m by 0.05m, cup 5 - 0.11m by 0.09m by 0.05m, cup 6 - 0.11m by 0.09m by 0.05m.


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