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Cup and ring marked rock on Cotherstone Moor 520m north west of East Loups is a Bronze Age rock art panel located in the Pennines of County Durham. The stone bears a series of cup marks and ring carvings, characteristic motifs of prehistoric rock art that remain undated with precision but are generally assigned to the Bronze Age period, roughly 2000 to 800 BC. Such rock art panels are distributed across upland regions of northern England and Scotland, and their purpose remains debated among scholars, though interpretations range from ritual or astronomical significance to territorial markers. The carved marks consist of shallow depressions and concentric rings pecked into the natural rock surface, and the site contributes to the archaeological understanding of Bronze Age settlement patterns and symbolic practices in the Pennine uplands.
Cup and ring marked rock on Cotherstone Moor 520m north west of East Loups's is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018323. View the official record →
Cup and ring marked rock on Cotherstone Moor 520m north west of East Loups is a Bronze Age rock art panel located in the Pennines of County Durham. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018323.
Cup and ring marked rock on Cotherstone Moor 520m north west of East Loups's 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 1018323.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn on a prominent knoll and cairnfield to its south east on Ravock, Bowes Moor (4 km), Cairnfield on Ravock, 880m north west of Rovegill House (4.2 km), Cairnfield on Ravock, 600m south east of Ravock Castle, Bowes Moor (4.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cup and ring marked rock on Cotherstone Moor 520m north west of East Loups's'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 on Cotherstone Moor 520m north west of East Loups's stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.