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Bedrock with cup, ring and possible groove marks 45m south west of Eastwoods Farm, Dacre Banks is a Bronze Age rock art site located in the Washburn Valley in West Yorkshire. The outcrop bears cup and ring marks, a common form of prehistoric rock art found across northern Britain, typically dating to the Bronze Age though sometimes associated with earlier Neolithic activity. The presence of possible groove marks, in addition to the cup and ring carvings, suggests complex decorative or ritual significance, though the precise function of such markings remains a matter of archaeological interpretation. The site's location in the upland landscape of the Pennines places it within a region that shows evidence of substantial Bronze Age settlement and ceremonial activity.
Bedrock with cup, ring and possible groove marks 45m south west of Eastwoods Farm, Dacre Banks is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014978. View the official record →
Bedrock with cup, ring and possible groove marks 45m south west of Eastwoods Farm, Dacre Banks is a Bronze Age rock art site located in the Washburn Valley in West Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014978.
Bedrock with cup, ring and possible groove marks 45m south west of Eastwoods Farm, Dacre Banks is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1014978.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rock with at least three cup marks and a basin 100m south of Eastwood Farm, Dacre Banks (0.1 km), Cup, ring and groove marked rock known as the Fertility Stone in wall 110m north of Eastwoods Farm, Dacre Banks (0.2 km), Rock with one cup mark 200m north of Low Hood Gap, Heyshaw (1.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bedrock with cup, ring and possible groove marks 45m south west of Eastwoods Farm, Dacre Banks's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bedrock with cup, ring and possible groove marks 45m south west of Eastwoods Farm, Dacre Banks stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.