Mr. George Tate on Ancient Sculptured Bocks, 8fc. 159 



Charlton Moor. 



On moor-lands, about 41 miles to the north-east, and half- 

 a mile west of Wandylavv, Mr. Langlands recently dis- 

 covered another stone. Twelve figures are on it, besides 

 many detached cups. — Plate VIII. Jig. 5. The figures are 

 single circles with large central cups ; the groove does not 

 pass to the centre, but comes from the circumference of each 

 circle. On these moors several ancient British sepulchres 

 have been found — one near to Wandylaw contained a skele- 

 ton with the knees drawn towards the head, a very fine bowl 

 shaped urn, and. a rude flint arrow head.* 



Beanley, 



On Beanley Moor, about 2| miles south-eastward from 

 Old Bewick, and half-a-mile south of Eglingham, and on 

 the slope of the same range of hills, an inscribed stone was 

 discovered by workmen in 1864, almost entirely covered over 

 with an accumulation of vegetable matter — Plate XL, Jig. 2. 

 It was about 100 yards westward of a remarkably strong fort, 

 called the Ringses, still in good preservation, placed on a hill 

 in the midst of an amphitheatre of higher surrounding hills. 

 This camp is circular, defended by three ditches, and three 

 great rampiers formed of earth and stone; the outer rampier 

 is in some parts near 20 feet in height from the bottom of the 

 ditch, and 20 feet wide. The inner area is about 160 yards 

 in circumference, within which a few circular foundations are 

 traceable. To the westward of the fort are standing stones 

 and circular foundations ; and these had been enclosed by a 

 rude stone wall, which may be traced about 100 yards distant 

 from the fort. In this area had been scattered the dwellings 

 of the people, under the protection of the strong fort ; and 

 within this ancient village the inscribed stone was found. 

 Scattered over the hill slopes are other hut circles and bar- 

 rows. There are three figures on this stone — all typical 

 forms, and furnishing another example of the groove passing 

 through the entire circumference of a series of concentric 

 circles. This stone too illustrates the change which long 

 exposure to weather has wrought in the appearance of the 

 sculpturing ; where the figures had been covered over with 

 turf, they shew the rude tool marks and jagged edge of the 

 incisions, but where they have been long exposed to the 



* Described in "Diggings into an Ancient Briton's Giave" by the Author. 



