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Cup marked rock in Calverley Wood is an ancient monument consisting of a natural rock surface bearing man-made cup marks, located in West Yorkshire. The site dates to the Neolithic or Bronze Age period, when such rock art was created across Britain, typically through the pecking or grinding of small circular depressions into stone surfaces. Cup marks represent one of the earliest forms of artistic expression in the British Isles, though their precise function and meaning remain subject to archaeological interpretation. The monument's survival within Calverley Wood preserves evidence of prehistoric activity in the region and contributes to understanding of Neolithic and Bronze Age settlement patterns and cultural practices in Yorkshire.
Cup marked rock in Calverley Wood, 200m north east of junction of Calverley Cutting and Thornhill Drive is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015618. View the official record →
Cup marked rock in Calverley Wood is an ancient monument consisting of a natural rock surface bearing man-made cup marks, located in West Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015618.
Cup marked rock in Calverley Wood, 200m north east of junction of Calverley Cutting and Thornhill Drive 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 1015618.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cup and ring marked rock 40m south east of Hillcourt, Rawdon (1.4 km), Prehistoric enclosure, carved rocks and orthostat wall, Buck Wood, 195m west of football ground (2.8 km), Gritstone pillar with three cup marks in the north pavement of the A65 at Horsforth, 440m south east of the roundabout at Low Fold (3.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cup marked rock in Calverley Wood, 200m north east of junction of Calverley Cutting and Thornhill Drive'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 in Calverley Wood, 200m north east of junction of Calverley Cutting and Thornhill Drive stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.