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Carved bedrock with cups and grooves 170m south east of The Rigg is a prehistoric rock art site located in Yorkshire, England. The monument consists of cupmarks and linear grooves carved into natural bedrock outcrops, a form of rock art commonly found across northern Britain and typically attributed to the Neolithic or Bronze Age periods. Such carvings represent one of the earliest forms of human artistic expression in the British landscape, though their precise chronology and symbolic meaning remain subjects of scholarly debate. The site contributes to the wider archaeological record of ritual or territorial marking practices in prehistoric Yorkshire.
Carved bedrock with cups and grooves 170m south east of The Rigg is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018251. View the official record →
Carved bedrock with cups and grooves 170m south east of The Rigg is a prehistoric rock art site located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018251.
Carved bedrock with cups and grooves 170m south east of The Rigg 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 1018251.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A carved rock between The Stang Forest boundary wall and Woodclose Gill, 750m south east of Far East Hope, Barningham Moor (8.7 km), A rock with a cup and a groove, in the south west corner of Scale Knoll Allotment, 790m south east of Far East Hope, Barningham Moor (8.7 km), A carved rock and boulder walling, near the south wall of Scale Knoll Allotment, 500m north east of Black Hill Gate (8.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Carved bedrock with cups and grooves 170m south east of The Rigg's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Carved bedrock with cups and grooves 170m south east of The Rigg stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.