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Cup and ring marked rock on Goldsborough Rigg is a Bronze Age rock art site located on Cotherstone Moor in County Durham, England. The monument consists of a natural rock surface decorated with cup marks and ring marks, a form of prehistoric rock art characteristic of the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods in northern Britain. Such cup and ring markings remain undated with precision, though they are typically assigned to the Bronze Age on stylistic grounds. The site lies approximately 870 metres south-south-east of Pitcher House on open moorland, forming part of a wider landscape of prehistoric rock art and monuments found across the northern Pennines.
Cup and ring marked rock on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 870m south south east of Pitcher House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016599. View the official record →
Cup and ring marked rock on Goldsborough Rigg is a Bronze Age rock art site located on Cotherstone Moor in County Durham, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016599.
Cup and ring marked rock on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 870m south south east of Pitcher House 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 1016599.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman signal station 190m north west of Vale House Farm (5 km), Romano-British settlement site to the east and south-east of East Mellwaters farmhouse (5.2 km), Late prehistoric walled settlement 200m south-south-east of East Mellwaters farmhouse (5.4 km).
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