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Rock with four cup marks near relict walling north of Dryas Dike 710m ESE of Wards End, Middleton Moor is a prehistoric rock art monument located on the moorland of the Pennines in Yorkshire. The rock bears four cup marks, a form of Bronze Age rock art commonly found across upland Britain, indicating ritual or territorial significance in prehistoric communities. The monument sits within a landscape containing relict walling, suggesting occupation and land management practices in antiquity. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England and represents an important example of the rock art tradition that characterised the Bronze Age period in northern England.
Rock with four cup marks near relict walling north of Dryas Dike 710m ESE of Wards End, Middleton Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014150. View the official record →
Rock with four cup marks near relict walling north of Dryas Dike 710m ESE of Wards End, Middleton Moor is a prehistoric rock art monument located on the moorland of the Pennines in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014150.
Rock with four cup marks near relict walling north of Dryas Dike 710m ESE of Wards End, 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 1014150.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Small cup-marked rock on Stanbury Hill, 40m west of fork in path (8.4 km), Carved rock east of track north of Drake Hill (8.9 km), Cup and groove-marked rock north of Drake Hill (8.9 km).
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Rock with four cup marks near relict walling north of Dryas Dike 710m ESE of Wards End, Middleton Moor stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.