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Cup marked stone 165m NNE of Folly Plantation is a prehistoric rock art monument located in Yorkshire, England. The stone bears cup marks, a form of rock art characteristic of the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods in Britain, typically created by pecking or grinding depressions into rock surfaces. Cup marked stones are distributed across northern Britain and remain among the most enigmatic expressions of prehistoric ritual or territorial practice, though their precise function and dating remain matters of scholarly debate. This monument is recorded within the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1014834 and represents the archaeological heritage of Yorkshire's prehistoric landscape.
Cup marked stone 165m NNE of Folly Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014834. View the official record →
Cup marked stone 165m NNE of Folly Plantation is a prehistoric rock art monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014834.
Cup marked stone 165m NNE of Folly Plantation 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 1014834.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Packhorse bridge (5.4 km), Richmond Bridge (7 km), Richmond Castle: eleventh to fourteenth century enclosure castle (7.1 km).
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