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Carved rock 380m ENE of Bragg House, Barningham Moor is a prehistoric rock carving located on the North Yorkshire moors. The monument consists of cup-and-ring markings, a form of rock art characteristic of the Bronze Age period, which demonstrates the ritual or symbolic practices of early communities in northern England. The carvings are pecked into the natural rock surface and represent one of several such marked stones found across the moorland landscape of this region. These rock carvings are thought to date from the second millennium BC and remain significant as evidence of Bronze Age artistic expression and territorial marking practices on the moorlands.
Carved rock 380m ENE of Bragg House, Barningham Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017408. View the official record →
Carved rock 380m ENE of Bragg House, Barningham Moor is a prehistoric rock carving located on the North Yorkshire moors. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017408.
Carved rock 380m ENE of Bragg House, Barningham Moor 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 1017408.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation 370m ESE of Shooters Well (5.2 km), Cairn on Holgate How (5.2 km), Cup and ring marked stone 520m north east of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg (5.8 km).
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Carved rock 380m ENE of Bragg House, Barningham Moor stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.