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Cup and ring marked rock near Green Haggs Lane, Spofforth, is a Bronze Age rock art panel located on the edge of the Pennines in North Yorkshire. The stone bears the characteristic carved motifs typical of prehistoric rock art in northern Britain, comprising cup marks and concentric rings pecked into the rock surface. Such monuments are generally dated to the Bronze Age, though precise chronology remains challenging. The site represents evidence of ritual or territorial marking practices among Bronze Age communities in the Yorkshire uplands, and survives as a rare example of portable or in situ rock art from this period in the region.
Cup and ring marked rock near Green Haggs Lane, Spofforth, 130m west of Lodge Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014972. View the official record →
Cup and ring marked rock near Green Haggs Lane, Spofforth, is a Bronze Age rock art panel located on the edge of the Pennines in North Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014972.
Cup and ring marked rock near Green Haggs Lane, Spofforth, 130m west of Lodge Farm 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 1014972.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Spofforth Castle magnates' residence (1.6 km), Green Howe bowl barrow, 280m south of Bank House (4.3 km), Howe Hill motte and bailey castle (4.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cup and ring marked rock near Green Haggs Lane, Spofforth, 130m west of Lodge Farm'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 near Green Haggs Lane, Spofforth, 130m west of Lodge Farm stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.