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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 →
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.
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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Gatepost with cup marks and grooves 350m SSE of West Moor House, at side of road 500m west of Bow Beck's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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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.