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Rock with large number of cup marks south of Dobrudden caravan park is a Neolithic or Bronze Age rock art site located in Yorkshire, England. The monument consists of a natural rock surface decorated with numerous cup marks, which are small, shallow depressions pecked into the stone, a form of rock art typical of prehistoric Britain. Cup-marked rocks of this type are distributed across upland regions of northern England and Scotland and are generally dated to the Neolithic or Bronze Age periods, though their precise chronology remains uncertain. Such sites may have held ritual, territorial, or commemorative significance for prehistoric communities, though their specific function continues to be a matter of scholarly discussion.
Rock with large number of cup marks south of Dobrudden caravan park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012678. View the official record →
Rock with large number of cup marks south of Dobrudden caravan park is a Neolithic or Bronze Age rock art site located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012678.
Rock with large number of cup marks south of Dobrudden caravan park 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 1012678.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosed settlement known as `Soldier's Trench' including a cup-marked rock (0.9 km), Carved bedrock close to road north east of the public toilets on Bracken Hall Green (0.9 km), Cup-marked rock close to road south east of a small car park south east of Bracken Hall Farm. (0.9 km).
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Rock with large number of cup marks south of Dobrudden caravan park stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.