Scheduled MonumentsEnglandGatepost with cup marks and grooves 350m SSE of West Moor House, at side of road 500m west of Bow Beck

Gatepost with cup marks and grooves 350m SSE of West Moor House, at side of road 500m west of Bow Beck

England
List entry 1014321
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1014321
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0 hectares
Grid reference
SE 12361 50336
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Gatepost with cup marks and grooves 350m SSE of West Moor House is a Bronze Age rock art monument located in Yorkshire, England. The stone bears cup marks and linear grooves characteristic of prehistoric rock art traditions, indicating its use or significance during the Bronze Age period. Positioned at the roadside approximately 500 metres west of Bow Beck, the monument survives as evidence of ritual or territorial marking practices in the upland landscape of northern England. The incised and pecked decoration on the stone represents a form of rock art that was practised across Britain during the second and first millennia before Christ.

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 →

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Questions & answers

What is Gatepost with cup marks and grooves 350m SSE of West Moor House, at side of road 500m west of Bow Beck?

Gatepost with cup marks and grooves 350m SSE of West Moor House is a Bronze Age rock art monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014321.

Who is responsible for protecting Gatepost with cup marks and grooves 350m SSE of West Moor House, at side of road 500m west of Bow Beck?

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.

What other scheduled monuments are near Gatepost with cup marks and grooves 350m SSE of West Moor House, at side of road 500m west of Bow Beck?

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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Overview
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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.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Gatepost with cup marks and grooves 350m SSE of West Moor House, at side of road 500m west of Bow Beck

Gatepost with cup marks and grooves 350m SSE of West Moor House, at side of road 500m west of Bow Beck 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 Gatepost with cup marks and grooves 350m SSE of West Moor House, at side of road 500m west of Bow Beck

AldboroughRoman town · ~20.2 milesBattle of Adwalton Moor 1643Battle (1643) · ~14.1 miles