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Cup marked rock 640m north east of Whin Hill Farm, Askwith Moor is a Bronze Age rock art monument located on moorland in the Wharfedale area of West Yorkshire. The rock surface bears cup marks, a form of prehistoric rock carving characteristic of Bronze Age ritual and ceremonial practices in northern Britain, typically dating to the second millennium before Christ. Such monuments are thought to have held religious or astronomical significance for Bronze Age communities, though their precise purpose remains subject to archaeological interpretation. The site forms part of a wider landscape of prehistoric rock art found across the Pennine moorlands of Yorkshire.
Cup marked rock 640m north east of Whin Hill Farm, Askwith Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014202. View the official record →
Cup marked rock 640m north east of Whin Hill Farm, Askwith Moor is a Bronze Age rock art monument located on moorland in the Wharfedale area of West Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014202.
Cup marked rock 640m north east of Whin Hill Farm, Askwith 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 1014202.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cup and groove marked rock in garden of Oakwood Barn, High Eldwick (9 km), Cup and ring marked rock at Faweather Farm, High Eldwick (9.1 km), Cup and groove marked rock north of Birch Close Farm house, High Eldwick (9.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cup marked rock 640m north east of Whin Hill Farm, Askwith 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 marked rock 640m north east of Whin Hill Farm, Askwith Moor stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.