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Rock with cup marks and long groove 750m ESE of Blackhill House, Middleton Moor is a Neolithic or Bronze Age carved rock, located on moorland in Yorkshire. The monument is distinguished by the presence of cup marks, small circular depressions pecked into the stone surface, which are characteristic of prehistoric rock art in northern Britain. A long groove incised into the rock surface accompanies these cup marks, representing a form of aesthetic or ritual expression typical of ritual landscapes on upland areas during the second and third millennia before Christ. Such decorated rocks are understood as markers of territorial or ceremonial significance within prehistoric communities, though their precise ritual function remains subject to scholarly interpretation.
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 Neolithic or Bronze Age carved rock, located on moorland 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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