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Cup marked rock and small cairn between Dryas Dike and Foldshaw Ridge 730m ESE of Wards End, Middleton Moor, is a Bronze Age funerary monument comprising a rock surface decorated with cup marks and an associated small cairn. The cup marks, which are shallow depressions pecked into the stone surface, represent a form of rock art characteristic of the Bronze Age period on the Yorkshire uplands. The monument's location within the wider ritual landscape of Middleton Moor, amongst other barrows and archaeological features, indicates its significance as a burial or ceremonial site. The combination of decorated rock and cairn material demonstrates the Bronze Age community's investment in marking places of the dead with both artistic and monumental expression.
Cup marked rock and small cairn between Dryas Dike and Foldshaw Ridge 730m ESE of Wards End, Middleton Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014151. View the official record →
Cup marked rock and small cairn between Dryas Dike and Foldshaw Ridge 730m ESE of Wards End, Middleton Moor, is a Bronze Age funerary monument comprising a rock surface decorated with cup marks and an associated small cairn. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014151.
Cup marked rock and small cairn between Dryas Dike and Foldshaw Ridge 730m ESE of Wards End, Middleton 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 1014151.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Small cup-marked rock on Stanbury Hill, 40m west of fork in path (8.4 km), Carved rock east of track north of Drake Hill (8.9 km), Cup and groove-marked rock north of Drake Hill (8.9 km).
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