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Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation 370m ESE of Shooters Well is a Neolithic or Bronze Age rock surface bearing cupule markings located in North Yorkshire. The stone displays evidence of prehistoric ritual activity through the presence of cup marks, shallow circular depressions pecked into the rock face that are characteristic of Neolithic and early Bronze Age ceremonial or territorial markers found across northern Britain. Cup-marked stones of this type typically date between the fourth and second millennia BC, though precise chronology remains difficult to establish without excavation. The monument represents an important archaeological record of early prehistoric cultural practice in the Yorkshire Dales region.
Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation 370m ESE of Shooters Well is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014325. View the official record →
Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation 370m ESE of Shooters Well is a Neolithic or Bronze Age rock surface bearing cupule markings located in North Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014325.
Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation 370m ESE 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 1014325.
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 (4.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation 370m ESE 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 370m ESE of Shooters Well stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.