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Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 360m ENE of Shooters Well, is a Bronze Age ritual or territorial monument comprising a natural rock surface decorated with a series of cup-shaped depressions. The stone's cup marks represent a widespread prehistoric practice found across northern Britain and beyond, typically dating to the Bronze Age period, though their exact chronological range and specific function remain subjects of archaeological interpretation. The monument's location on Gayles Plantation in Yorkshire situates it within a landscape rich in prehistoric activity. As a scheduled ancient monument, it represents an important record of Bronze Age symbolic or commemorative practices in the Yorkshire uplands.
Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 360m ENE of Shooters Well is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014322. View the official record →
Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 360m ENE of Shooters Well, is a Bronze Age ritual or territorial monument comprising a natural rock surface decorated with a series of cup-shaped depressions. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014322.
Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 360m ENE 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 1014322.
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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