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Cup and groove marked rock in garden of Oakwood Barn, High Eldwick is a prehistoric rock surface bearing anthropomorphic and natural markings. The rock displays cup marks and groove patterns carved into its surface, characteristic of Bronze Age or earlier ritual and territorial marking practices. Located in the West Yorkshire landscape near Eldwick, the rock represents evidence of prehistoric activity and territorial use of the moorland and upland regions of the Pennines. Such marked rocks, whilst often difficult to date precisely, form an important part of the archaeological record of northern England's prehistoric populations and their relationship with the landscape.
Cup and groove marked rock in garden of Oakwood Barn, High Eldwick is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011729. View the official record →
Cup and groove marked rock in garden of Oakwood Barn, High Eldwick is a prehistoric rock surface bearing anthropomorphic and natural markings. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011729.
Cup and groove marked rock in garden of Oakwood Barn, High Eldwick 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 1011729.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cup-marked rock close to road south east of a small car park south east of Bracken Hall Farm. (3.1 km), Carved bedrock close to road north east of the public toilets on Bracken Hall Green (3.1 km), Cup-marked rock between road and public toilets at Bracken Hall Green (3.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cup and groove marked rock in garden of Oakwood Barn, High Eldwick'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 in garden of Oakwood Barn, High Eldwick stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.