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Rock with at least three cup marks and a basin 100m south of Eastwood Farm, Dacre Banks is a Neolithic or Bronze Age carved rock featuring multiple cup-and-ring markings, a category of prehistoric rock art widespread across northern England. The monument comprises a natural rock surface bearing at least three distinct cup marks alongside a larger basin depression, typical examples of the pecked and ground motifs that characterise this period of ritual or symbolic expression. Such rock carvings are generally dated to the Neolithic period through to the Bronze Age, though precise dating of individual examples remains difficult without archaeological investigation. The site contributes to the broader landscape of prehistoric carved rocks documented across the Pennines and surrounding upland regions of Yorkshire.
Rock with at least three cup marks and a basin 100m south of Eastwood Farm, Dacre Banks is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014977. View the official record →
Rock with at least three cup marks and a basin 100m south of Eastwood Farm, Dacre Banks is a Neolithic or Bronze Age carved rock featuring multiple cup-and-ring markings, a category of prehistoric rock art widespread across northern England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014977.
Rock with at least three cup marks and a basin 100m south of Eastwood Farm, Dacre Banks 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 1014977.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bedrock with cup, ring and possible groove marks 45m south west of Eastwoods Farm, Dacre Banks (0.1 km), Cup, ring and groove marked rock known as the Fertility Stone in wall 110m north of Eastwoods Farm, Dacre Banks (0.2 km), Rock with one cup mark 200m north of Low Hood Gap, Heyshaw (1.5 km).
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Rock with at least three cup marks and a basin 100m south of Eastwood Farm, Dacre Banks stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.