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Cup and groove marked rock north of Birch Close Farm house, High Eldwick is a Bronze Age carved stone monument located in West Yorkshire. The rock surface bears a series of cup marks and groove patterns, which are characteristic of prehistoric ritual or ceremonial rock art found across northern Britain during the Bronze Age period. Such marked rocks remain difficult to interpret with certainty, though they are thought to have held significance for the communities that created them, possibly serving functions related to ritual practice, territorial marking, or astronomical observation. The monument survives as an important example of prehistoric carved stone art within the Yorkshire landscape.
Cup and groove marked rock north of Birch Close Farm house, High Eldwick is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011727. View the official record →
Cup and groove marked rock north of Birch Close Farm house, High Eldwick is a Bronze Age carved stone monument located in West Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011727.
Cup and groove marked rock north of Birch Close Farm house, 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 1011727.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosed settlement known as `Soldier's Trench' including a cup-marked rock (2.8 km), Cup-marked rock close to road south east of a small car park south east of Bracken Hall Farm. (2.9 km), Carved bedrock close to road north east of the public toilets on Bracken Hall Green (2.9 km).
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