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Carved rock above Bracken Hall Crag is a rock carving of prehistoric date located in the upland terrain of Yorkshire. The monument consists of carved marks or cup-marks incised into the natural rock surface, characteristic of Bronze Age rock art found across northern Britain. Such carvings are thought to have held ritual or territorial significance for the prehistoric communities inhabiting the Pennine uplands during the Bronze Age period. The survival of this carving demonstrates the enduring presence of early artistic expression on the Yorkshire landscape.
Carved rock above Bracken Hall Crag, north of the bottom of the track to Mitton Spring is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009719. View the official record →
Carved rock above Bracken Hall Crag is a rock carving of prehistoric date located in the upland terrain of Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009719.
Carved rock above Bracken Hall Crag, north of the bottom of the track to Mitton Spring 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 1009719.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Carved bedrock close to road north east of the public toilets on Bracken Hall Green (0.7 km), Cup-marked bedrock near Old Glen House (0.7 km), Cup-marked rock between road and public toilets at Bracken Hall Green (0.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Carved rock above Bracken Hall Crag, north of the bottom of the track to Mitton Spring's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Carved rock above Bracken Hall Crag, north of the bottom of the track to Mitton Spring stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.