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Cup, ring and groove marked rock on Kearton Rigg is a Bronze Age rock art panel located on Cotherstone Moor in County Durham, England. The stone bears a series of cup marks, concentric rings, and linear grooves pecked into its surface, typical of rock art traditions practised during the later Neolithic and Bronze Age periods across northern Britain. Such marked rocks are thought to have held ritual or ceremonial significance for prehistoric communities, though their precise function remains uncertain. The monument's survival on the exposed moorland preserves evidence of early artistic expression and the cultural practices of Bronze Age peoples in the Pennine region.
Cup, ring and groove marked rock on Kearton Rigg, 430m south of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016596. View the official record →
Cup, ring and groove marked rock on Kearton Rigg is a Bronze Age rock art panel located on Cotherstone Moor in County Durham, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016596.
Cup, ring and groove marked rock on Kearton Rigg, 430m south of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor 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 1016596.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairnfield on Ravock, 880m north west of Rovegill House (3 km), Cairnfield on Ravock, 600m south east of Ravock Castle, Bowes Moor (3.2 km), Bowes Castle (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cup, ring and groove marked rock on Kearton Rigg, 430m south of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor'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 on Kearton Rigg, 430m south of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.