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Cup and groove marked rock on south slope of High Black Hill is a prehistoric rock art site located on Middleton Moor in Yorkshire. The rock features cup marks and groove marks, characteristic of Bronze Age rock art traditions found across upland areas of northern England. Such markings, whose precise ceremonial or practical purpose remains debated among archaeologists, are typical of the period between approximately 1500 and 500 BCE. The site's location on the open moorland reflects the pattern of Bronze Age activity in upland zones, though the specific date and cultural context of this particular rock's decoration cannot be determined with certainty from the marks alone.
Cup and groove marked rock on south slope of High Black Hill, 750m north of March Ghyll Reservoir, Middleton Moor Enclosure is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014187. View the official record →
Cup and groove marked rock on south slope of High Black Hill is a prehistoric rock art site located on Middleton Moor in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014187.
Cup and groove marked rock on south slope of High Black Hill, 750m north of March Ghyll Reservoir, Middleton Moor Enclosure 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 1014187.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of five carved rocks on the western ridge of Stanbury Hill (8.8 km), Rock with shallow cup and ring-markings at the western end of the ridge on Stanbury Hill (8.8 km), Rock with dense concentration of cup marks on Stanbury Hill (8.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cup and groove marked rock on south slope of High Black Hill, 750m north of March Ghyll Reservoir, Middleton Moor Enclosure'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 south slope of High Black Hill, 750m north of March Ghyll Reservoir, Middleton Moor Enclosure stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.