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Cup, ring and groove marked rock 15m from south wall of Gab Wood 300m east of Moseley Farm, Cookridge, is a Bronze Age rock carving situated in West Yorkshire. The monument displays characteristic cup and ring marks along with groove motifs, which are typical of prehistoric rock art found across northern Britain and dating to the Bronze Age period. Such carved rocks served ritual or territorial functions within Bronze Age communities, though their precise purpose remains debated amongst scholars. The survival of these incised markings on the natural rock surface provides important evidence of prehistoric activity and artistic expression in the Cookridge locality.
Cup, ring and groove marked rock 15m from south wall of Gab Wood 300m east of Moseley Farm, Cookridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015107. View the official record →
Cup, ring and groove marked rock 15m from south wall of Gab Wood 300m east of Moseley Farm, Cookridge, is a Bronze Age rock carving situated in West Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015107.
Cup, ring and groove marked rock 15m from south wall of Gab Wood 300m east of Moseley Farm, Cookridge 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 1015107.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cup, ring and groove marked rock 2m south of north wall of Gab Wood 330m E of Moseley Farm, Cookridge (0.1 km), Medieval farmstead in Ireland Wood, 150m north east of Cookridge Hospital (1.8 km), Stone hut circle settlement in Iveson Wood (2.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cup, ring and groove marked rock 15m from south wall of Gab Wood 300m east of Moseley Farm, Cookridge's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Cup, ring and groove marked rock 15m from south wall of Gab Wood 300m east of Moseley Farm, Cookridge stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.