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Rock with cup marks and long groove 750m ESE of Blackhill House, Middleton Moor is a Bronze Age carved rock located on the moorland of the South Pennines in Yorkshire. The monument bears cup marks—circular depressions pecked into the stone surface—and a distinctive long groove, both typical of rock art traditions practiced during the prehistoric period. Such rock carvings are characteristic of Bronze Age ritual or territorial marking practices and remain of considerable archaeological interest for understanding prehistoric behaviour and land use in upland areas. The site's moorland location reflects the broader pattern of Bronze Age activity across the high ground of northern England.
Rock with cup marks and long groove 750m ESE of Blackhill House, Middleton Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014160. View the official record →
Rock with cup marks and long groove 750m ESE of Blackhill House, Middleton Moor is a Bronze Age carved rock located on the moorland of the South Pennines in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014160.
Rock with cup marks and long groove 750m ESE of Blackhill House, Middleton Moor 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 1014160.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Small cup-marked rock on Stanbury Hill, 40m west of fork in path (8.3 km), Carved rock east of track north of Drake Hill (8.7 km), Cup and groove-marked rock north of Drake Hill (8.8 km).
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Rock with cup marks and long groove 750m ESE of Blackhill House, Middleton Moor stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.