Scheduled Monuments›England›Cup marked rock in wall east of Scarnber Wood, 500m north east of Bark Laithe, Winterburn

Cup marked rock in wall east of Scarnber Wood, 500m north east of Bark Laithe, Winterburn

England
List entry 1015094
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015094
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SD 94130 57249
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cup marked rock in wall east of Scarnber Wood, 500m north east of Bark Laithe, Winterburn is a Bronze Age rock art monument consisting of a stone bearing cup-shaped depressions that form part of a field boundary wall. The rock displays the characteristic pecked or ground cup marks typical of prehistoric ritual or territorial marking traditions found across upland Britain. Such cup-marked stones are generally assigned to the Bronze Age, though their precise chronological placement and interpretive function remain matters of scholarly debate. The monument's incorporation into the later field wall system indicates its significance to the local landscape and its preservation through successive periods of land use in this region of Yorkshire.

Cup marked rock in wall east of Scarnber Wood, 500m north east of Bark Laithe, Winterburn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015094. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Cup marked rock in wall east of Scarnber Wood, 500m north east of Bark Laithe, Winterburn?

Cup marked rock in wall east of Scarnber Wood, 500m north east of Bark Laithe, Winterburn is a Bronze Age rock art monument consisting of a stone bearing cup-shaped depressions that form part of a field boundary wall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015094.

Who is responsible for protecting Cup marked rock in wall east of Scarnber Wood, 500m north east of Bark Laithe, Winterburn?

Cup marked rock in wall east of Scarnber Wood, 500m north east of Bark Laithe, Winterburn 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 1015094.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cup marked rock in wall east of Scarnber Wood, 500m north east of Bark Laithe, Winterburn?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman villa at Kirk Sink (3.7 km), Park Hill earthwork (6.8 km), Site of Old Hall (7.4 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Roman villa at Kirk Sink
3.7 km
Park Hill earthwork
6.8 km
Site of Old Hall
7.4 km
Burwen Castle Roman forts
8 km
Rock with at least 15 cups 240m south of Great Wood Laithe, Horse Close Hill
8.6 km
Subcircular enclosed settlement on Horse Close Hill 250m north of Horse Close Farm
8.7 km
Rock with one cup in east end of Great Wood Plantation, 375m NNE of Cawder Hall Farm, Horse Close Hill
8.8 km
Rock with one cup at the base of a wall, 250m NNE of Cawder Hall Farm, Horse Close Hill
8.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cup marked rock in wall east of Scarnber Wood, 500m north east of Bark Laithe, Winterburn

Cup marked rock in wall east of Scarnber Wood, 500m north east of Bark Laithe, Winterburn stands on Bowland High Group And Craven Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone.

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