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Five carved rocks in Cottingley Woods, 600m NNE of Lee Farm

England
List entry 1018817
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018817
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.08 hectares
Grid reference
SE 09826 37871
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Five carved rocks in Cottingley Woods, 600m NNE of Lee Farm, is an ancient monument comprising five stones bearing carved markings located in Yorkshire, England. The rocks are scheduled as an ancient monument of national importance and are listed under National Heritage List entry 1018817. The carved marks on the stones represent examples of prehistoric rock art, likely dating to the Bronze Age or earlier periods when such ritual or symbolic marking of natural rock outcrops was practised across northern Britain. The site's exact chronology and the specific meanings of the carvings remain subjects of archaeological study, though the monument testifies to human activity and cultural expression in this upland wooded landscape during antiquity.

Five carved rocks in Cottingley Woods, 600m NNE of Lee Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018817. View the official record →

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What is Five carved rocks in Cottingley Woods, 600m NNE of Lee Farm?

Five carved rocks in Cottingley Woods, 600m NNE of Lee Farm, is an ancient monument comprising five stones bearing carved markings located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018817.

Who is responsible for protecting Five carved rocks in Cottingley Woods, 600m NNE of Lee Farm?

Five carved rocks in Cottingley Woods, 600m NNE of Lee Farm 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 1018817.

What other scheduled monuments are near Five carved rocks in Cottingley Woods, 600m NNE of Lee Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Late prehistoric enclosed settlement in Crosley Wood, Bingley, 185m north of Scourer Bridge (2.1 km), Late prehistoric enclosed settlement 150m north of Shaygate Farm, Wilsden (2.1 km), Cairn 290m north of Woodhead on Harden Moor (2.4 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Late prehistoric enclosed settlement in Crosley Wood, Bingley, 185m north of Scourer Bridge
2.1 km
Late prehistoric enclosed settlement 150m north of Shaygate Farm, Wilsden
2.1 km
Cairn 290m north of Woodhead on Harden Moor
2.4 km
Late prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Catstones Ring on Catstones Hill
3 km
Cup and ring marked rock in Dawson Wood, 370m north east of Heaton Shay
4 km
Cup marked rock 60m south west of the War Memorial at Crowgill Park
4.7 km
Rock with one cup mark north east of the Cricketers' Arms, Baildon Green
4.9 km
Late prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Castle Stead Ring
5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Five carved rocks in Cottingley Woods, 600m NNE of Lee Farm

Five carved rocks in Cottingley Woods, 600m NNE of Lee Farm stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Five carved rocks in Cottingley Woods, 600m NNE of Lee Farm

Battle of Adwalton Moor 1643Battle (1643) · ~8.8 miles
Domesday entry for Halton, Yorkshire →
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