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The boulder with prehistoric rock art at Glovershaw Farm is a portable stone bearing cup-and-ring markings located in Yorkshire, England. Cup-and-ring carvings represent one of the characteristic art forms of the Bronze Age and later prehistoric periods in Britain, typically dating from the second millennium BCE onwards, though some may be earlier. The markings on this example consist of circular depressions surrounded by concentric rings pecked into the stone surface, a motif found across northern Britain and particularly concentrated in the upland regions of Yorkshire and surrounding areas. The precise dating and interpretation of such rock art remains debated amongst archaeologists, though their association with Bronze Age settlement patterns and ritual landscapes is well established in the scholarly record.
Boulder with prehistoric rock art at Glovershaw Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1430188. View the official record →
The boulder with prehistoric rock art at Glovershaw Farm is a portable stone bearing cup-and-ring markings located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1430188.
Boulder with prehistoric rock art at Glovershaw Farm 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 1430188.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Carved bedrock close to road north east of the public toilets on Bracken Hall Green (1.7 km), Cup-marked rock between road and public toilets at Bracken Hall Green (1.7 km), Cup-marked bedrock near Old Glen House (1.7 km).
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Boulder with prehistoric rock art at Glovershaw Farm stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.