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The gatepost with cup marks and grooves 350m SSE of West Moor House is a Bronze Age carved stone monument located in Yorkshire, England. The stone displays cup marks and grooves that are characteristic of prehistoric rock art, typical of ritual or territorial markers from the Bronze Age period. Such marked stones often served functional roles within the landscape, potentially as boundary markers or waypoints, whilst their decorated surfaces suggest cultural and possibly spiritual significance to the communities that created them. The monument's positioning at the roadside near Bow Beck indicates its continued importance as a landscape feature across successive periods of settlement and use.
Gatepost with cup marks and grooves 350m SSE of West Moor House, at side of road 500m west of Bow Beck is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014321. View the official record →
The gatepost with cup marks and grooves 350m SSE of West Moor House is a Bronze Age carved stone monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014321.
Gatepost with cup marks and grooves 350m SSE of West Moor House, at side of road 500m west of Bow Beck 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 1014321.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Carved rock in the wall at north edge of Otley Road north west of the Fleece Inn (8.1 km), Cup and groove marked rock in garden of Oakwood Barn, High Eldwick (8.7 km), Cup and ring marked rock at Faweather Farm, High Eldwick (8.7 km).
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