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Cup and groove marked rock, 700m north east of Whin Hill Farm, Askwith Moor, is a Neolithic or Bronze Age rock art panel located on the moorland of North Yorkshire. The stone surface bears multiple cup marks and linear groove markings, characteristic of prehistoric ritual or territorial rock art produced by pecking or grinding into the bedrock. The site forms part of the wider distribution of cup-marked rocks across the Pennine uplands, indicating sustained use of these moorland areas during the prehistoric period. Such marked rocks may have served ceremonial, astronomical, or territorial functions, though their precise purpose remains uncertain.
Cup and groove marked rock, 700m north east of Whin Hill Farm, Askwith Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014203. View the official record →
Cup and groove marked rock, 700m north east of Whin Hill Farm, Askwith Moor, is a Neolithic or Bronze Age rock art panel located on the moorland of North Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014203.
Cup and groove marked rock, 700m north east of Whin Hill Farm, Askwith 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 1014203.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cup and groove marked rock in garden of Oakwood Barn, High Eldwick (9.1 km), Cup and ring marked rock at Faweather Farm, High Eldwick (9.1 km), Cup and groove marked rock north of Birch Close Farm house, High Eldwick (9.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cup and groove marked rock, 700m north east of Whin Hill Farm, Askwith Moor'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.
Cup and groove marked rock, 700m north east of Whin Hill Farm, Askwith Moor stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.