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Cup and ring marked rock on Little Alms Cliff is a Neolithic or Bronze Age rock art panel located in Yorkshire, England. The monument consists of a natural rock surface bearing cupmarks and concentric ring motifs, typical of prehistoric rock art traditions found across northern Britain. Such rock carvings, whose exact chronological placement and interpretative meaning remain subjects of ongoing archaeological study, are thought to date from the Neolithic period through to the Bronze Age. The site represents an important example of portable or in situ rock art from the prehistoric period and contributes to understanding the symbolic and cultural practices of early British communities.
Cup and ring marked rock on Little Alms Cliff is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015091. View the official record →
Cup and ring marked rock on Little Alms Cliff is a Neolithic or Bronze Age rock art panel located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015091.
Cup and ring marked rock on Little Alms Cliff 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 1015091.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rock with five or more cups south of track on Weston Moor 300m WNW of Weston Moor Cottage (5.4 km), Cairn 6m in diameter south of track east of plantation on Weston Moor 300m WNW of Weston Moor Cottage (5.4 km), Rock with at least eight cups south of track on Weston Moor 480m WNW of Weston Moor Cottage (5.5 km).
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