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Cup and ring marked rock 740m east of Park Head House

England
List entry 1018265
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018265
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SK 32632 83141
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cup and ring marked rock 740m east of Park Head House is a Neolithic or Bronze Age rock art site situated in Yorkshire. The monument consists of a natural rock surface decorated with cupules (cup-shaped depressions) and concentric ring markings, a distinctive form of prehistoric rock art found across northern Britain. Such carvings are typically attributed to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age period, though precise dating remains uncertain. These rock art panels represent important evidence of early ritual activity and artistic expression in the prehistoric landscape of Yorkshire.

Cup and ring marked rock 740m east of Park Head House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018265. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Cup and ring marked rock 740m east of Park Head House?

Cup and ring marked rock 740m east of Park Head House is a Neolithic or Bronze Age rock art site situated in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018265.

Who is responsible for protecting Cup and ring marked rock 740m east of Park Head House?

Cup and ring marked rock 740m east of Park Head House 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 1018265.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cup and ring marked rock 740m east of Park Head House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lead smelting site on Ramsley Moor, 600m south west of Foxlane Farm (8.2 km), Ring cairn and cairn on Ramsley Moor, 850m north east of Ramsley Lodge (8.4 km), Wayside cross west of Fox Lane (8.4 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Lead smelting site on Ramsley Moor, 600m south west of Foxlane Farm
8.2 km
Ring cairn and cairn on Ramsley Moor, 850m north east of Ramsley Lodge
8.4 km
Wayside cross west of Fox Lane
8.4 km
Cairnfield 860m north east of Ramsley Lodge
8.5 km
Cairnfield 400m north east of Ramsley Lodge
8.8 km
Wayside cross in Shillito Wood
8.8 km
Cairnfield 180m north east of Ramsley Lodge
9 km
Cairnfield 1400m north west of Clod Hall Farm
10.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cup and ring marked rock 740m east of Park Head House

Cup and ring marked rock 740m east of Park Head House stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

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