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Cup, ring and groove marked rock at the base of a wall between East Morton and West Morton is a prehistoric rock art site located in Yorkshire, England. The monument comprises a natural rock surface bearing artificial cup marks, ring patterns, and linear groove incisions, characteristic of Bronze Age rock art traditions found across northern Britain. Such marked rocks are typically dated to the second millennium BCE and represent some of the earliest monumental artistic expressions in the British Isles, though their precise ritual, territorial, or symbolic function remains the subject of scholarly interpretation. The rock's position at the base of a field wall indicates its incorporation into the later agricultural landscape of the region, where it has been preserved as a physical record of prehistoric activity.
Cup, ring and groove marked rock at the base of a wall between East Morton and West Morton is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011736. View the official record →
Cup, ring and groove marked rock at the base of a wall between East Morton and West Morton is a prehistoric rock art site located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011736.
Cup, ring and groove marked rock at the base of a wall between East Morton and West Morton 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 1011736.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn 330m north of Woodhead on Harden Moor (4.2 km), Cairn 290m north of Woodhead on Harden Moor (4.2 km), Ring cairn 310m north of Woodhead on Harden Moor (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cup, ring and groove marked rock at the base of a wall between East Morton and West Morton'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 at the base of a wall between East Morton and West Morton stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.