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Cup and ring marked rock below Brunthwaite Crag is a Neolithic or Bronze Age rock carving located in Yorkshire. The monument comprises a natural rock surface bearing cup marks and ring markings, a form of prehistoric rock art that is distributed across northern Britain and typically dates between the fourth and second millennia BC. Such carvings remain among the most enigmatic expressions of Neolithic and Bronze Age artistic practice, with their precise ritual or symbolic significance still debated by scholars. The rock's location beneath Brunthwaite Crag preserves it as an important example of this tradition within 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 Neolithic or Bronze Age rock carving located in Yorkshire. 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cup and ring marked rock below Brunthwaite Crag'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 ring marked rock below Brunthwaite Crag stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.