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Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 365m east of Shooters Well is a prehistoric rock art monument located in Yorkshire, England. The stone bears cup marks—small, roughly circular depressions pecked into its surface—which represent a form of rock art tradition found across northern Britain and dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age periods. Cup marked stones are thought to have held ritual, ceremonial, or territorial significance for prehistoric communities, though their precise function remains uncertain. This example forms part of the wider distribution of cup mark sites across the Yorkshire landscape, contributing to understanding of prehistoric artistic expression and land use in the region.
Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 365m east of Shooters Well is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014324. View the official record →
Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 365m east of Shooters Well is a prehistoric rock art monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014324.
Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 365m 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 1014324.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cup marked stone 165m NNE of Folly Plantation (1.3 km), 18th century copper mill 80m north west of Copper Mill Bridge (3.6 km), Cairn on Holgate How (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 365m east of Shooters Well's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 365m 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.