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The Fertility Stone is a rock bearing cup, ring and groove markings located in a field wall approximately 110 metres north of Eastwoods Farm near Dacre Banks in North Yorkshire. The stone displays the characteristic motifs of Bronze Age rock art, with its incised cups, concentric rings, and grooves representing examples of prehistoric ritual or ceremonial marking practices common across northern Britain. The precise function and symbolic meaning of such marked stones remain subjects of archaeological interpretation, though their association with fertility, astronomical observation, or ceremonial routes has been proposed by scholars. The monument's incorporation into a later field boundary wall demonstrates the long continuity of land use at this location and the historical reuse of prehistoric features within the agricultural landscape.
Cup, ring and groove marked rock known as the Fertility Stone in wall 110m north of Eastwoods Farm, Dacre Banks is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014979. View the official record →
The Fertility Stone is a rock bearing cup, ring and groove markings located in a field wall approximately 110 metres north of Eastwoods Farm near Dacre Banks in North Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014979.
Cup, ring and groove marked rock known as the Fertility Stone in wall 110m north of Eastwoods Farm, Dacre Banks 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 1014979.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bedrock with cup, ring and possible groove marks 45m south west of Eastwoods Farm, Dacre Banks (0.2 km), Rock with at least three cup marks and a basin 100m south of Eastwood Farm, Dacre Banks (0.2 km), Rock with one cup mark 200m north of Low Hood Gap, Heyshaw (1.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cup, ring and groove marked rock known as the Fertility Stone in wall 110m north of Eastwoods Farm, Dacre Banks's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Cup, ring and groove marked rock known as the Fertility Stone in wall 110m north of Eastwoods Farm, Dacre Banks stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.