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Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 360m east of Shooters Well

England
List entry 1014323
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1014323
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
NZ 10751 06041
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 360m east of Shooters Well is a Bronze Age ritual or territorial marker located in Yorkshire, England. The monument consists of a natural rock surface bearing cup marks, a form of prehistoric rock art comprising shallow, circular depressions pecked into the stone surface. Such cup marked stones are characteristic of Bronze Age communities in northern Britain and likely served ceremonial, astronomical, or boundary-marking functions, though their precise purpose remains debated among scholars. The stone's location on Gayles Plantation preserves an important example of prehistoric rock art within the Yorkshire landscape.

Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 360m east of Shooters Well is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014323. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 360m east of Shooters Well?

Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 360m east of Shooters Well is a Bronze Age ritual or territorial marker located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014323.

Who is responsible for protecting Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 360m east of Shooters Well?

Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 360m east of Shooters Well 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 1014323.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 360m east of Shooters Well?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cup marked stone 165m NNE of Folly Plantation (1.4 km), 18th century copper mill 80m north west of Copper Mill Bridge (3.6 km), Cairn on Holgate How (4.2 km).

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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

Cup marked stone 165m NNE of Folly Plantation
1.4 km
18th century copper mill 80m north west of Copper Mill Bridge
3.6 km
Cairn on Holgate How
4.2 km
Romano-British enclosed settlement 340m north east of East Applegarth at Whitcliffe Scar
5 km
Medieval cross base known as Plague Stone, 750m WSW of High Scales
5 km
Packhorse bridge
5.4 km
Marrick ore hearth lead smeltmill
7.2 km
How Hill large univallate hillfort
8.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 360m east of Shooters Well

Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 360m east of Shooters Well stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.

The wider landscape

Around Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 360m east of Shooters Well

CatterickRoman town · ~8.4 milesBattle of the Standard 1138Battle (1138) · ~16.5 milesBattle of Northallerton 1138Battle (1138) · ~16.5 milesBattle of Neville's Cross 1346Battle (1346) · ~24.4 miles
Domesday entry for Dalton, Yorkshire →
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