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Cup and ring marked rock east of Eaves Crag, Baildon Moor is a prehistoric rock art site located on the moorland above Saltaire in West Yorkshire. The rock bears cup marks and ring marks, characteristic motifs of Bronze Age rock art found across northern Britain, typically dating to the second millennium before Christ. Such marked rocks remain amongst the most enigmatic monuments of the Bronze Age, their precise purpose and meaning still contested among scholars, though they may have served ritual, territorial, or astronomical functions. The Baildon Moor site contributes to the substantial concentration of cup and ring marked rocks recorded across the Pennine uplands, forming part of the broader cultural landscape of prehistoric Yorkshire.
Cup and ring marked rock east of Eaves Crag, Baildon Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011740. View the official record →
Cup and ring marked rock east of Eaves Crag, Baildon Moor is a prehistoric rock art site located on the moorland above Saltaire in West Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011740.
Cup and ring marked rock east of Eaves Crag, Baildon 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 1011740.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rock with one cup mark north east of the Cricketers' Arms, Baildon Green (1.8 km), Cup-marked rock between road and public toilets at Bracken Hall Green (2.3 km), Cup-marked bedrock near Old Glen House (2.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cup and ring marked rock east of Eaves Crag, Baildon 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 ring marked rock east of Eaves Crag, Baildon Moor stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.