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Cup and groove marked rock near Grouse Butts on Foldshaw Ridge is a Bronze Age rock art site located on Middleton Moor in Yorkshire. The monument consists of a natural rock surface bearing cup marks and groove marks, prehistoric carvings that were pecked or ground into the stone surface. Such rock art is characteristic of Bronze Age ritual or territorial marking practices in upland Britain, though the precise function of these particular markings remains uncertain. The site's position on the high moorland at approximately 905 metres elevation is typical of Bronze Age rock art distribution in northern England.
Cup and groove marked rock near grouse butts on Foldshaw Ridge 905m ESE of Wards End, Middleton Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014158. View the official record →
Cup and groove marked rock near Grouse Butts on Foldshaw Ridge is a Bronze Age rock art site located on Middleton Moor in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014158.
Cup and groove marked rock near grouse butts on Foldshaw Ridge 905m ESE of Wards End, Middleton 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 1014158.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Small cup-marked rock on Stanbury Hill, 40m west of fork in path (8.4 km), Carved rock east of track north of Drake Hill (8.9 km), Rock with single cup near track north of Drake Hill (9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cup and groove marked rock near grouse butts on Foldshaw Ridge 905m ESE of Wards End, Middleton 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 near grouse butts on Foldshaw Ridge 905m ESE of Wards End, Middleton Moor stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.