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Cup and groove marked rock on slope south of Delves Beck is an ancient ceremonial or ritual monument consisting of a natural rock surface bearing a series of man-made cupules and linear groove markings. Located on Middleton Moor in Yorkshire, the rock belongs to the tradition of cup and groove carving that flourished during the Bronze Age, though some such monuments may have origins extending into the Neolithic period. The precise ritual or functional purpose of these markings remains uncertain, though they are generally interpreted as evidence of prehistoric ceremonial or shamanistic activity. The monument survives as a testament to the ritual landscape of upland Yorkshire during the prehistoric period and represents one of many such marked rocks distributed across the Pennine moorlands.
Cup and groove marked rock on slope south of Delves Beck 870m east of Moor End Farm, Middleton Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014164. View the official record →
Cup and groove marked rock on slope south of Delves Beck is an ancient ceremonial or ritual monument consisting of a natural rock surface bearing a series of man-made cupules and linear groove markings. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014164.
Cup and groove marked rock on slope south of Delves Beck 870m east of Moor End Farm, 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 1014164.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cup and groove-marked rock north of Drake Hill (8.6 km), Rock with single cup near track north of Drake Hill (8.6 km), Cup marked rock adjacent to wall near road from East Morton to West Morton (8.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cup and groove marked rock on slope south of Delves Beck 870m east of Moor End Farm, 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 on slope south of Delves Beck 870m east of Moor End Farm, Middleton Moor stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.