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Rock with one large cup mark on the south slope of High Black Hill is a Bronze Age or Iron Age rock art site located within Middleton Moor Enclosure in Yorkshire. The monument consists of a single natural rock bearing one prominent cup mark, a shallow circular depression characteristic of prehistoric rock art found across northern Britain. Such cup marks are typically attributed to the Bronze Age, though precise dating remains uncertain. The site's location within the scheduled ancient monument of Middleton Moor Enclosure suggests it formed part of a wider prehistoric landscape of ritual or territorial significance.
Rock with one large cup mark on the south slope of High Black Hill, 330m east of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014183. View the official record →
Rock with one large cup mark on the south slope of High Black Hill is a Bronze Age or Iron Age rock art site located within Middleton Moor Enclosure in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014183.
Rock with one large cup mark on the south slope of High Black Hill, 330m east of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure 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 1014183.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of five carved rocks on the western ridge of Stanbury Hill (8.8 km), Rock with shallow cup and ring-markings at the western end of the ridge on Stanbury Hill (8.8 km), Rock with dense concentration of cup marks on Stanbury Hill (8.8 km).
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Rock with one large cup mark on the south slope of High Black Hill, 330m east of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.