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Cup, ring and groove marked rock on south slope of High Black Hill is a Bronze Age rock art panel located on Middleton Moor in Yorkshire. The rock surface displays a characteristic assemblage of cup marks, concentric rings, and linear grooves, motifs typical of prehistoric rock art in northern Britain dating to the Bronze Age period. Such marked rocks served purposes that remain debated among archaeologists, though they are often interpreted as having ritual, territorial, or symbolic significance within Bronze Age communities. The monument's position within the Middleton Moor Enclosure landscape contributes to understanding the broader pattern of Bronze Age activity and settlement in the upland regions of Yorkshire.
Cup, ring and groove marked rock on south slope of High Black Hill, 350m east of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014184. View the official record →
Cup, ring and groove marked rock on south slope of High Black Hill is a Bronze Age rock art panel located on Middleton Moor in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014184.
Cup, ring and groove marked rock on south slope of High Black Hill, 350m east of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure 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 1014184.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of five carved rocks on the western ridge of Stanbury Hill (8.8 km), Rock with shallow cup and ring-markings at the western end of the ridge on Stanbury Hill (8.8 km), Rock with dense concentration of cup marks on Stanbury Hill (8.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cup, ring and groove marked rock on south slope of High Black Hill, 350m east of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure'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 south slope of High Black Hill, 350m east of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.