Site
finders are lucky people! Morris mentioned a list of this happy finders
(36!) in his article 'The Prehistoric Rock Art of Great Britain: A
Survey of All Sites bearing Motifs more Complex than Simple Cup-marks'
(Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, nr 55, 1989, pp.45-88).
It
was in August 1998, when I was at Weetwood Moor near Wooler. I was
happy to find a carving on a boulder near Coldmartin's Lough, about
hundred meters South of the well-known site -with the same name- near
the communication mast. By that time I didn't know that it was a new
find because this area was thoroughly explored over the years by many
experts. I photographed the boulder and that was it!
It was not untill April 2001 that I asked Mr Stan Beckensall the following question:
"In
grid: NU 0095 2785, 180 yards East of the communication tower, lies a
boulder with a clear cup mark and a faint motif what looks like a cup
with two intermittent rings. Photo 1 shows the details of the motif.
Photo 2 was taken over the boulder to the North with the Coldmartin
Loughs carvings visible in the background. What is your opinion on this
boulder? Natural weathering or man-made rock-art?"
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Mr Beckensall replied: "Great! This boulder at Coldmartin is a new one for me. It's amazing how one can miss something..... I have included it in my Archive text and attributed its discovery to you. It definitely is cup and ring marked.."
May our feet be light and our eyes sharp!
For there is more between heaven & earth.