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Cup and ring marked rock below Brunthwaite Crag is a Bronze Age rock art monument located in Yorkshire, England. The rock surface is decorated with cup marks and ring marks, a form of prehistoric art characteristic of the Bronze Age period, typically dating between approximately 3000 and 1500 BCE. Such rock art is found across northern Britain and remains one of the most enigmatic expressions of prehistoric ritual or symbolic practice, though its precise function and meaning continue to be debated by archaeologists. The monument survives as an important record of Bronze Age material culture and represents a significant concentration of such markings in the Yorkshire landscape.
Cup and ring marked rock below Brunthwaite Crag is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011732. View the official record →
Cup and ring marked rock below Brunthwaite Crag is a Bronze Age rock art monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011732.
Cup and ring marked rock below Brunthwaite Crag 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 1011732.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Carved rock on bank of How Beck, east of path from West Morton to Riddlesden and 440m south west of Barn House Farm (4.7 km), Cup marked rock adjacent to wall near road from East Morton to West Morton (5.2 km), Cup and groove marked rock between East Morton and West Morton (5.2 km).
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