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Cup marked rock between Doubler Stones and Gawk Stones is a Neolithic or Bronze Age rock surface bearing cup marks, located in Yorkshire, England. The rock displays multiple cupules, a form of rock art comprising shallow, roughly circular depressions pecked into the stone surface, which are characteristic of prehistoric ritual or territorial marking practised across northern Britain during the third and second millennia BCE. The monument's position within a landscape containing other named stones suggests it formed part of a wider prehistoric ceremonial or territorial complex. The precise function of such cup-marked rocks remains subject to scholarly interpretation, though they are generally understood to represent significant ritual or cultural expression by prehistoric communities.
Cup marked rock between Doubler Stones and Gawk Stones is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011707. View the official record →
Cup marked rock between Doubler Stones and Gawk Stones is a Neolithic or Bronze Age rock surface bearing cup marks, located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011707.
Cup marked rock between Doubler Stones and Gawk Stones 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 1011707.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn 330m north of Woodhead on Harden Moor (7.9 km), Ring cairn 310m north of Woodhead on Harden Moor (7.9 km), Cairn 290m north of Woodhead on Harden Moor (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cup marked rock between Doubler Stones and Gawk Stones'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 between Doubler Stones and Gawk Stones stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.